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How do you know that it's not like alcohol, where there all levels of consumption increase cancer risk?
by dnautics 6y ago
How do you know that it's not like alcohol, where there all levels of consumption increase cancer risk?
- User23 6y agoThere's a similar controversy about radiation hormesis[1]. Personally my suspicion is that low doses are at least harmless if not therapeutic, because of the evolutionary benefits of the stress response[2]. However I do freely admit that it's possible that there is no therapeutic or even safe level of alcohol consumption. Similarly there may be no safe level of BPA exposure or any number of other stressors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(biology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(biology)