Re: [CH] info

Gary Bellinger (yesgaz@itcanada.com)
Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:16:51 -0400

***NEWS FLASH***

Everything causes cancer! Enjoy Life and fire up the B-B-Q!

----- Original Message -----
From: "=Mark" <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: "Chile-Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] info


> A serving of Ben & Jerry's ice cream provides 20 times that amount of
> dioxin.  I think I'll take that rib...
>
> =Mark
>
> At 06:18 PM 8/7/2003 +1000, Lukasz Speer wrote:
> >Barbecue cancer warning
> >
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3106039.stm
> >
> >A health hazard?
> >Barbecues poison the air with toxins and could cause cancer, research
> >suggests.
> >
> >This amount of cooking was found to release 12-22 nannograms of dioxins
> >into the
> >atmosphere.
> >
> >The researchers also found that the average concentrations of dioxins in
the
> >vicinity of the barbecue ranged from 0.6 to 0.7 nannograms per cubic
metre
> >- up to
> >seven times higher than the level authorised for public incinerators at
> >the point of
> >discharge from the chimney.
> >Snip
>
>