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A comment on Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years.

Re:Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years by h2odragon on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:05PM (#34812913)
Of course they did. People wouldn't buy their shit if they'd said it'd give you cancer.

Oh wait. Maybe they would. everything gives you cancer now, doesn't it?

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Re:Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years by bogwog on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:44PM (#34813313)
> everything gives you cancer now, doesn't it?

Yes, but only in California

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Re:Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years by billiallards on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:50PM (#34813907)
As I understand it, the wrong combination of tumor suppressant/promoter genes getting switched off/on gives you cancer.

Exposure to some things can cause more mutations or hinder your body's error-correction systems, sometimes to extreme degrees. It is a numbers game, though.

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Re:Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years by intelVISA on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:39PM (#34814689)
CRISPR needs to hurry up and roll out ECC for genes...
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