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BadgerKid

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12. The biased mutation lottery.

Reply to brett_jv (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 09:13 AM

Jun 2013

Theoretically, you can get cancer from a one-time exposure. Or by random chance. But it's not likely. If mutations appear in the "junk" part of DNA, you don't really see much in the way of direct effects. With exposure to carcinogens over time, you increase your chances of having mutations in the coding regions (non-junk) of DNA -- and that leads to cancer.

Last I checked, regulating one's personal exposure isn't entirely out of one's control.

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Thirdhand Smoke Causes DNA Damage [View all] onehandle Jun 2013 OP

It seems I'm supposed to believe the following: brett_jv Jun 2013 #1

Denying the risk of second hand smoke is like denying global warming. onehandle Jun 2013 #2

What the hell are you doing in this conversation ? russspeakeasy Jun 2013 #9

The biased mutation lottery. BadgerKid Jun 2013 #12

I wonder, did you go to college or ever study science in a serious way? Coyotl Jun 2013 #22

Hey, wait'll you see the 4th-hand smoking study, Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #26

I hate smoking jollyreaper2112 Jun 2013 #27

tag leftyohiolib Jun 2013 #3

Third Hand Smoke ? Writely Wrong Jun 2013 #4

My curiousity forces me to wonder about the effects of fourth-hand smoke Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #5

Fuck it, I'm going fifth-hand Blue Owl Jun 2013 #7

Yeah, but the REAL killer is fourth-digit smoke! kentauros Jun 2013 #15

Remove pinkie finger from butt you say? DJ13 Jun 2013 #30

I'm afraid I'm going to get cancer from just looking at a cigarette butt. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #6

Yeah, but that stuff works like tachyons. kentauros Jun 2013 #16

Know what? If you have to smoke, keep your damn butt in your car. Thor_MN Jun 2013 #8

My ex roommate smokes. christx30 Jun 2013 #31

But what about the French? flamingdem Jun 2013 #10

Vous know vous want it! flamingdem Jun 2013 #11

Nineteen? kentauros Jun 2013 #17

Is there anything in this 'modern' world that doesn't cause carcinogens? sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #13

Death. kentauros Jun 2013 #18

Many things that put us at risk are necessities. onehandle Jun 2013 #19

I think it's a nit compared to the 78 million people who dump $9.3 billion sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #20

The tobacco industry spends more than that a year on advertising in the U.S. alone. onehandle Jun 2013 #21

Yep drives me crazy that people will kill my grandchildren by poisoning the water DebJ Jun 2013 #25

keep the focus off weedkillers,chemicals in carpets,paints,plastics, bug sprays, food. Sunlei Jun 2013 #14

Yeah. Those medical scientists are in the pocket of 'big bug spray.' onehandle Jun 2013 #23

that study is funded from ciggie taxes. There aren't even any studies funded. Sunlei Jun 2013 #24

Prohibitionism. It's what's for dinner. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #28

I don't buy any of this crap. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #29