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Old 10-16-2003, 05:41 PM   #12
Sir Kenyth
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Join Date: August 30, 2001
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Age: 55
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I'm skeptical. "Show me the money!". Elevated growth horomones would surely show up in blood tests. Most horomones in what you eat are destroyed by the digestive process and the liver. Horomonal substances are easily broken down by the liver without stressing the organ. All blood returning from the digestive tract makes a first pass through the liver. The by-product of horomone breakdown is cholesterol IIRC. Elevated cholesterol would be the only consequence I can see. Cancer links don't take much to prove either. Cell division itself can cause cancerous cells. Europe also has much to gain from this economically.

As far as tariffs go, I think we need more. Our production sectors are going to hell in a handbasket. Part of the reason is us being unable to compete with foreign markets that employ cheap laborers that aren't protected by good labor laws in factories that don't have adequate environmental protection measures.
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