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--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchasThis is total junk science. The entire field of industrial hygiene is based on the dose response model. To assume that any "toxic" has a zero threshold is crazy. The best example is the trace minerals that are necessary to support human life. My morning dose of caffeine is heart healthy but probably carcinogenic just like the alcohol in my red wine. Paracelsus said way back in the late 1400's that "=E2=80=A6"Everything is a poison, nothing is a poison. It is the dose that makes the poison"
I could go on but won't.
The point is that we do need to regulate air pollutants in a sensible manner that considers cost/benefit. The EPA has been out of control for years and needs to be reformed so that they can continue to achieve their mission without hysteria from the press.
Zack
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Thank you Rob!
To verify the actual toxicity of various pollutants/particulates, we need to have the data on human clinical trials, not on other species According to recent UNO report, 4.2 million deaths occur each year due to air pollution. Also, how we are going to measure low and high pollution.
This will be a good puzzle for Dr. Alan Hall, a toxicologist to interpret reported toxicological data published in peer review journals about some pollution is good for humans.
Tilak
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The title of this LA Times article speaks for itself. Interesting to hear what "mainstream" toxicologists have to say on this.
Rob Toreki
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