X-Message-Number: 8348
Subject: Re: CryoNet #8345 - #8346 
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:40:39 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <>

> From: 
> 
> Charles Platt (#8343) complains that, although I showed that his quoted DMF
> toxicity (rodent ingestion or injection) was in fact very low (since the dose
> was huge), I ignored his further quotation that the vapor is irritating to
> eyes and caused liver damage when inhaled for prolonged periods.
> 
> Again, a totally unscientific and willfully biased intended implication.
> There are PLENTY of substances that irritate eyes or mucous membranes or
> lungs or damage various organs under various circumstances, yet are
> relatively safe and even therapeutic when appropriately used.

The Ettinger Simulation ignores the statement that DMF causes liver
damage in quantities as low as 100 parts per million.

Thats *toxic*.

The Ettinger Simulation further ignores the mutagenic properties of
DMF.

The Ettinger Simulation appears to be rather concerned about its
$25,000 investment in this pig-in-a-poke.

Perry

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