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Post by Dean Robinson on Oct 26, 2006 10:26:50 GMT -5
Fungicide hurts ability to fight cancer
Ontario Farmer Tuesday April 16, 2002
A chemical that’s used as an agricultural fungicide causes irreversible damage to human tumour-fighting cells, says new research being reported by New Scientist. A team led by Margaret Whalen, a biochemist at Tennessee State University, exposed human killer T cells-a type of immune cell that destroys cancerous and other abnormal cells-to Triphenyltin, or TPT. They then measured the cells’ potency against isolated human leukemia cells, the report says. After one hour of exposure, the killer T cells lost between 50 and 60 per cent of their destructive powers. But what’s more important, the article says, even after the cells were no longer exposed to the chemical they could not regain their previous killing power. Whalen says it is not clear yet whether there is a real risk to people working with the chemical. She suspects that agricultural workers are exposed to lower levels in the field than those she used in the lab. “But it’s hard to know what real-life levels of phenyltins are,” she says.
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Post by leisha1 on Oct 26, 2006 12:06:05 GMT -5
I work fundraising for Patways, I have also been involved with the Canadian Kennel club.
Locally it seems we have our fair share if issues in infants and small pets.
There are evough chemicals in this valley, our leaders should have stepped up and banned non needed lawn chemicals, where babies and small pets play.
Also there was talk about picking up more than #1 and #2 for recycle plastics, but Joe and his bunch didn't vote for it, Why?
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Post by Dean Robinson on Oct 26, 2006 13:26:28 GMT -5
Im behind you on this
current councill needed to take a stand . you can bet I will not let this slip by
Dean Robinson
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Post by Dean Robinson on Nov 1, 2006 9:18:29 GMT -5
OK Folks, as of so far You Have been Very Vocal on some of the issues. This Issue has yet to be addressed can you The Candidate that Are On this Board Comment to this one,
The Current Council Dodged it leaving it to the next term. we all know there will be new Faces there how will you deal with this how you answer this will determine my Vote.
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