Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes”
by mihaifm on Friday November 04, 2016 @05:33AM
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It might be that anything consumed in excess, over long periods of time, causes mutations in your body. Just a theory.
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Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes”
by tirant on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:17PM
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For that to be the case it should be accumulated in the body in the form of toxins or similar molecules, there's no other 'memory'.
So no, it does not work exactly like that. Some chemical compounds trigger mutations at a higher rate than others.