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To: Olog-hai
The EPA has been lying about cost-benefit ratios for decades.

Finally, someone with some rationality, who is not driven by fake eco-religion, is in charge.

Remember, The Dose Makes the Poison. It is a simple concept the EPA has generally ignored:

Nearly 500 years ago, Swiss physician and chemist Paracelsus expressed the basic principle of toxicology: “All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison.” This is often condensed to: “The dose makes the poison.” It means that a substance that contains toxic properties can cause harm only if it occurs in a high enough concentration.

In other words, any chemical—even water and oxygen—can be toxic if too much is ingested or absorbed into the body. The toxicity of a specific substance depends on a variety of factors, including how much of the substance a person is exposed to, how they are exposed, and for how long.


20 posted on 12/29/2018 5:18:50 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

Dihydrogen monoxide is thoroughly dangerous stuff, as documented here:

http://dhmo.org


28 posted on 12/29/2018 5:29:15 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marktwain
Nice little flowchart here on oxygen toxicity and its possible effects.


29 posted on 12/29/2018 5:33:08 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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