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To: nuke rocketeer
Why was there not an epidemic of these deformities back in the 1940's to the 1960's when a much higher percentage of the population smoked? I remember a LOT of my friends and schoolmates Moms smoked back on the 60's. Out of several hundred not a single one had these deformities. This study has a strong stench of doctored raw data to me.

Most of the time they cut off the excess digits soon after birth if it is possible, so there may have been more cases then you knew about. My father was born with twelve fingers, and they cut off the extras at birth. He didn't talk about until my mother was pregnant with me. And yes, my paternal grandmother smoked, but then so did my other grandmother and she gave birth to four ten fingered children.

20 posted on 01/09/2006 8:51:04 AM PST by LWalk18
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To: LWalk18

"they cut off the excess digits soon after birth"

Really?


"she gave birth to four ten fingered children."

Sounds more like a genetics thing than a result of smoking.


76 posted on 01/09/2006 12:26:05 PM PST by swmobuffalo (the only good terrorist is a dead one)
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