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Yea, the clicker was probably a Geiger counter. Even so, you're right. Some independant tests to verify the EPA's findings would have been a good course of action. Of course, it would probably cost $$.

tricarboxylic acid cycle, haha. you and my former bio professor are the only two people i've ever heard refer to it as 'tricarboxylic'. Us average joes prefer "krebs", which, owned me last year.

unlike someone i know ^ Of course, you usually are right. But you were wrong just recently about where glycolysis occurs. (which is in the cytosol). Other than that, I can't really think of an instance where you have been wrong

Interesting little article in scientific american this month titled "Gay Flies". The article talks about how a neuroscientist in california implanted in drosophila flies a heat-sensitive mutant gene that target specific neurons, including taste-sensing cells on the head and legs. When warmed to 30 degrees Celsius, the mutant gene disrupted neurotransmitter activity, and males began courting mails, even attempting copulation. The flies resumed heterosexual courtship when the temperatures cooled.

Haha, the first time I saw that it scared the living crap out of me. I videotaped my mom watching it, i'll upload the video shortly.

haha, i guess they don't allow leeching of images :\

try telling that to medical school adcoms :/

ROFL. well click the link you lazy slothlike creature.

Could you elaborate more specifically how? [i'm not disagreeing, just asking]

off topic, but what part of florida you from?

A quick scan of google revealed a few anti EPA pages.. GROUP AGAINST GAS EPA lies to legislature EPA: Environmental Propaganda Agency More EPA Globaloney None of these involve EPA's radon standards, but there are plenty of disgruntled people.

Yes, I'm sure. Especially if is a team of scientists that are actually paid by the EPA. However, they likely have little influence with universities, though I could be wrong. Worth checking into though, I'm sure others have wondered the same thing.

I might have to check into this

According to NewScientist, a team of US scientists have successfully doubled the lifespan of the nematode worm without any apparant side-effects. "The gene, called daf-2, is also found in fruit flies and mice, and Kenyon thinks it is possible that it is present in humans. Interfering with this gene in a similar way might also safely extend the human lifespan, she says." Check out the article here. Journal reference: Science (vol 289, p 830)

Ahh ok, thanks for clearing that up. What are the advantages to each :\ i mean, whats the diff. between the two.

Haha, dont' plan on ripping anything off his site; except maybe a few members :cool2: Just kidding of course.

Even if life[in the most primitive sense] WERE to form, the first generation would have to be able to reproduce, otherwise it would degrade back to its less ordered state. I'll address your point soon, faf

But the issue is whether or not what the EPA says is high is actually high..

I kinda have the notion that life arose by directed planting of it. By whom or what? Thats up to you. The universe is an expression of wisdom, but whose?

Wouldn't engineering human organs in pigs trigger an immune response within the pig? We're not the only one with immune systems

If I knew anything about this stuff I'd reply. windoez 4 life :flame: Explain to me what Gnome and KDE is..

I'm no scientist yet, but I'll just throw some info out. Maybe someone else can answer better. A study done by the University of Iowa found that "resident radon exposure is a significant cause of lung cancer". [Residential Radon Gas Exposure and Lung Cancer: The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study, American Journal of Epidemiology, 151(11): 1091-1102, 2000 ] Different studies give different results. Some, like the aforementioned, indicate a significant increased risk of cancer for homes that exceed the EPA's radon regulations. Check out this CNN article: New study suggests radon threat may be overestimated. Basically it says that most studies done on radon effects are done with miners, who have extremely high exposure. His study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 96, No. 1, Jan. 5, 1999 I have access to the journal article if you want it. Sure, walking to your mailbox in the won't harm you. But if you lived outside in the sunlight all the time your skin cancer risk would go through the roof. Living in a house that has decaying radon you probably had a much higher exposure to it than someone who encounters trace amounts in rocks and dirt. The issue probably wasn't that you're being exposed to it--I'm being exposed to it everytime I help my grandma with her garden--rather it was how much you were being exposed to. The EPA obviously felt it was too much. Whether or not they are right is up for debate. I'm sure the radiation scare could be (and maybe has been) used for scare tactics. But what advantage would the government have for scaring you out of your home, unless they needed the land for a road or waterpipe or something. I gotta run to class, I'll try and find some more info later.

ahem. faf..thoughts=