The way the FDA tests for carcinogenic compounds is completely biased. Firstly I believe that lab rats are prone to cancer. Beyond that, secondly if the amount of a compound is scaled up to human size you'd have to ingest a boxcar load. I was able to find at least one citation, that an enzyme in rats breaks the safrole down into the actual carcinogen, humans don't have that enzyme.
Cory Papenfuss wrote: > On Sun, 6 May 2007, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> Natural root beer is banned by the FDA. It's primary flavoring is >> Sassafras, (containing safrole),which is a carcinogen. I've made if >> using the original root but you can't buy it you'll have to collect yourself >> >> > I've wanted to try some *real* rootbeer like that just to see what > it tastes like. I looked into it a bit and got about that far. It's > carcinogenic if made from the real deal, right? > > -Cory > > -- > > ************************************************************************* > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * > * Electrical Engineering * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > ************************************************************************* > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
