A study completed and released this month from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center suggests a link between manganese in ground water and increased total cancer deaths, colon cancer death and lung cancer deaths in North Carolina.
Trace amounts of this element, when entering through the lungs, causes a decrease in cancer.
More research is needed to find the direct relationship.
Manganese has replaced lead in gasoline and therefore may be entering the ground water reserves.
This continues to raise the question about how we attempt to change one contaminate in our environment and in so doing may cause additional contamination. How much research should be done before making ingredient changes.
Just because we do not have reports on levels that can cause long term health risk, does not mean that we should jump in and make the change. Often changes become dictated by regulatory agencies, who are trying to protect the public. Regulatory restrictions often tell you what you cannot use.
Industry response in efforts to do the right thing make a change.
The right thing at the end of the day is for science, industry and regulatory to work together on solutions.
In the meantime, be safe out there. Watch what you eat and drink.
Rudy Westervelt
rudy@powerinlearning.com
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