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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-01-05 08:01 PM
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5. hard to say
Teflon has been in widespread use for well over 40 years, so it's unlikely any recent rise in disease can be traced back to it.

Breast cancer is another tough one. It's known that women with no or few pregnancies have an increased risk for breast cancer - and we know women today have far fewer pregnancies than in the past.

A lot of the increase in autism is likely the result of better diagnosis.

Without specific tests showing that the substances you mention cause the diseases you mention, it's just pure speculation, which isn't a very helpful scientific tool.
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