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> free radicals Are these are thing again? I was under the impression that it was 80's nonsense that's been debunked.
by markdown 12y ago
> free radicals
Are these are thing again? I was under the impression that it was 80's nonsense that's been debunked.
- hbhakhra 12y agoFree radicals are parts of a chemical structure that are unpaired and therefore super reactive. The reason they are linked to cancer is they can easily form bonds with molecules that they shouldn't be bonding with and cause crazy things to happen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(chemistry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(chemistry) for more detail