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| Burke Carley |
 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: Zinc |
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| I think we should phase out the use of zinc altogether or almost. It is truely a primal cause of cancer. Cadmium is OK and can be used instead. Boron is the antidote for zinc poisoning. |
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| JaneBennet |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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But I need zinc in the calamine lotion I use for some of the skin complaints Iām prone to.
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| Harold14370 |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the science behind it? I found at least one web site that claimed Cadmium is dangerous and zinc is the safe alternative. |
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| ramostravels |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Harold14370 wrote: |
| What is the science behind it? I found at least one web site that claimed Cadmium is dangerous and zinc is the safe alternative. |
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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why do cars nowadays rust far slower than cars made say 30years ago ? because they're properly galvanised - that's zinc to you and me
how do oil platforms relatively uncorroded in the north sea ? sacrificial zinc anodes
remember also that brass is an alloy of copper and zinc
+ if i'm not mistaken zinc is one of the essential trace elements the body needs to survive
so in which of these instances has the all-round presence of zinc caused cancer ?
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| Zitterbewegung |
| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: Re: Zinc |
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| Burke Carley wrote: |
| Cadmium is OK and can be used instead. |
Mhmmmmm...that's why it's outlawed almost everywhere except in China. Sheeesh...........
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:28 am Post subject: |
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wasn't there a big scare recently about toys made in china painted with cadmium-containing paint ?
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| spuriousmonkey |
| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| marnixR wrote: |
+ if i'm not mistaken zinc is one of the essential trace elements the body needs to survive
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yep...
There is for instance a whole group of transcription factors famous for the zinc finger binding motif.
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| Ophiolite |
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As Descartes said, "I zinc therefore I am." 
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| marnixR |
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| Ophiolite wrote: |
| As Descartes said, "I zinc therefore I am." |
that is a misquotation - he actually said "i sink, therefore i am no longer"
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