this is why we get cancer!
BodyBurden: the pollution in people.
"Researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals in the blood and urine of nine volunteers, with a total of 167 chemicals found in the group. Like most of us, the people tested do not work with chemicals on the job and do not live near an industrial facility. Scientists refer to this contamination as a person’s body burden. Of the 167 chemicals found, 76 cause cancer in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development. The dangers of exposure to these chemicals in combination has never been studied." This was also the subject of a PBS program by Bill Moyers, Trade Secrets. Moyers himself was found to have 84 chemicals in his blood and urine.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden/index.php
http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/index.html
Monday, May 26, 2003
Sunday, May 25, 2003
Beating the odds:"They probably underestimated me."
Poker is like life-death –cancer
Moneymaker wins poker title. Really. By DAVE TULEY LAS VEGAS - Don't bother calling Hollywood. Not even Ripley would believe this story. Chris Moneymaker (that's his real name!) started playing poker three years ago after seeing the movie "Rounders." Working two jobs to make ends meet, the 27-year-old accountant entered a $40 satellite tournament online and earned a spot in the most prestigious tournament on the planet, the $10,000 buy-in Championship Event of the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas. Playing in his first "live" tournament (all his previous experience was online), he worked his way through a record field of 839 entrants, knocking off former champions along the way. At the final table, he made every right move and walked away with the $2.5 million first prize early Saturday morning.
"I bluffed a lot in this tournament and somehow I got away with it," Moneymaker said. "If I can win it, anybody can win it."
Moneymaker played like a pro. His lack of experience rarely showed.
"It worked to my advantage," he said. "They probably underestimated me."
Poker is like life-death –cancer
Moneymaker wins poker title. Really. By DAVE TULEY LAS VEGAS - Don't bother calling Hollywood. Not even Ripley would believe this story. Chris Moneymaker (that's his real name!) started playing poker three years ago after seeing the movie "Rounders." Working two jobs to make ends meet, the 27-year-old accountant entered a $40 satellite tournament online and earned a spot in the most prestigious tournament on the planet, the $10,000 buy-in Championship Event of the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas. Playing in his first "live" tournament (all his previous experience was online), he worked his way through a record field of 839 entrants, knocking off former champions along the way. At the final table, he made every right move and walked away with the $2.5 million first prize early Saturday morning.
"I bluffed a lot in this tournament and somehow I got away with it," Moneymaker said. "If I can win it, anybody can win it."
Moneymaker played like a pro. His lack of experience rarely showed.
"It worked to my advantage," he said. "They probably underestimated me."