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I think that their air quality is causing the cancer.
Shibby said:Geez, and I said I didn't want to get into this. K, I'm off my soapbox now.
Shibby said:Most anything can cause cancer if you ingest it in high enough quantities, even substances that are thought to be healthy. If you take a close look at a LOT of the cancer studies done on mice/rats, you will find that the animals are loaded up with ridiculous amounts of a given substance continually over a significantly large proportion of their lifespan. If you extrapolate these values to approximate what a person would have to ingest to replicate these conditions, it is practically impossible to do.
This is not to say that all studies are flawed like this, but many are, especially older ones (which are for some reason still held as the gospel truth in many circles). The point is that you shouldn't believe everything you hear. Not all studies are well-conducted and the results are certainly not always meaningful. Yeah, a given substance may cause cancer, but you may have to eat a purified form of it for breakfast every morning for 20 years for it to happen.
Geez, and I said I didn't want to get into this. K, I'm off my soapbox now.
The insulation around the wires in the USB cable is permiated with lead particles to shield the cable form noise. Some of this lead can rub off during handling. Since lead is bad for you, that should be taken into account. CA just does a one-up on the problem by freaking out a little.Him said:I know they got led in them. I just have never seen a caution like that, and I thought it was ridiculous. I didnt think that it would be a hazard to simply handle them though, that IS ridiculous!