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Mattcheco t1_issddcb wrote

Reply to comment by Z3t4 in Hair straightening chemicals associated with higher uterine cancer risk by BoundariesAreFun

That’s not true, you can ingest an amount of carcinogen that won’t affect a healthy person. Formaldehyde for example is naturally created and used in the human body.

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Z3t4 t1_isselbo wrote

That's not how it works, not everybody that is exposed to a carcinogen develops cancer.

But there is not amount of carcinogen that you can take with no possibilities of developing it.

So there is no safe dose.

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Mattcheco t1_isseswb wrote

That’s why I said “healthy person” you’re being pedantic but it’s still a silly argument considering things like breathing regularly contain carcinogens, or eating slightly burnt toast, or red meat.

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Z3t4 t1_issiqh2 wrote

Plenty of healthy people develop cancer. We all take carcinogens everyday.

That's how reality works, there is no "safe".

Only risk management.

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