Re: Petrol stations quadruple childhood leukaemia risk

From: John Que (qwert_at_thehub.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:20:34 -0700

There has been evidence for 50 plus years that benzene
raises the incidence of leukemia. Early work in
one of the old east block countries revealed
visible chromosomal damage to cell caused
by industrial exposure. And interesting they found
a modest vitamin C supplement greatly reduced the
visible damage. It been over forty years since I read
the report. Even earlier work
from nearly a century ago revealed visceral organ
damage from benzene and related distillates.
Even these early researchers found damage to the
hematopoietic system. The relationship between benzene and
leukemia is solid. It's leukenogenic effects are seen in both
humans and animals. I'll recommend the following
book, Benzene Carcinogenicity by Muzaffer
Aksoy by the CRC press.

The air around a gas station is more polluted you say.
Yet, you'll likely deny or could deny the risks of
any specific pollutant using the same comments.

Benzene is just one of an number of
potential toxins and carcinogens in gasoline.

This reminds me of two men I knew who washed
the grease off their hands with gasoline. One died
of a chronic leukemia and the other had
a number of benign fatty tumours
one the size of basketball before he died.
Benzene accumulates in the fatty tissues.
Nor is benzene only a leukemia risk as it
also increases the risk for solid tumours,
chromosomal breaks, and aplastic anemia.

Part time exposure of 10 ppm of benzene
was more than enough to induce pronounced
biological chances in exposed lab animals.
One ppm exposure around gasoline
station plus a standard American diet (lacking
ample levels folic acid and vitamin C),
other toxins such pesticides, a genetic predisposition
(induced by similar exposures),
and increased leukemia is hardly a big surprise.

Don't be a dittohead.

"Paul Weaver" <usenet@isorox.co.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.08.19.15.17.04.395327@isorox.co.uk...
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:15:10 +0000, Paul Nutteing wrote:
>
> > http://www.news-medical.net/?id=4187
> > Part Quote
> > Living near to a petrol station or garage may increase the risk of
> > acute childhood leukaemia by 400%.
>
> 1) MAY
> 2) Correlation, not causation. These (petrol stations, power lines) areas
> are generally cheaper areas, higher density and more urban, more polluted,
> have less green space for exercise, and contain more Macdonalds'. The
> population is educated to a lesser extent and are less health aware (they
> don't take as good care of themselves). They are more likely to smoke, eat
> fattening/unhealthy foods and visit the doctor less often.*
>
> Generally poor people live in undesirable locations such as near petrol
> staitons are more likely to die from cancer.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/325853.stm
>
>
>
> * Blatent plagerism

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