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Ever since the introduction of plastic, we, human being, are slowly doomed. This is not to say that X-Ray is good or bad. Just that, the cause of cancer is eve
by hello_moto 15y ago
Ever since the introduction of plastic, we, human being, are slowly doomed.
This is not to say that X-Ray is good or bad. Just that, the cause of cancer is everywhere and it becomes our lifestyle.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoAre you trying to link X-Rays to cancer, or plastic? I'm not a scientist, but as I understand it one of the leading causes of cancer is simply that we live long enough to get it these days.
- jjtheblunt 15y agoWhat does 'as you understand it' mean? The leading causes of cancer might be carcinogens, including documented viral infections, synthetic chemicals similar to hormones, bioaccumulating toxins, but not only age related accumulation of random transcription errors.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI actually meant that we've learned to cure a lot of the diseases that kill people in relative youth, allowing slower acting things like cancer to catch up with us. If the average life expectancy is 30 years because of bear attacks and cholera, it's unlikely that anyone will die colon cancer. But if the average life expectancy is 80, it becomes much more likely.
- gwillen 15y agoCarcinogens mostly cause small increases in the probability of cancer. GP is right; the main cause of cancer is "being old". It's true that, if you eliminated every source of DNA damage and miscopying, cancer wouldn't happen; but even if you eliminated all external carcinogens, that wouldn't stop the process, just slow it a bit.
- Retric 15y agoOr more simply, oxygen is a carcinogen by the strictest definition.
- culturestate 15y agoI think what he's trying to say is that since simple metal detectors are becoming less and less effective, the amount of radiation given to us in attempts at "security" is growing and will continue to grow exponentially.