Digital BW, The Print

Djon wrote:

>I'm signing off. Don't worry, be happy. 
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>Pyro has been connected through common wisdom or urban legend, take
>your pick, to Parkinsonism for decades.
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And would you use powered rhino horn to help with impotence?

>Pyro/Parkinsons comes up regularly in online B&W discussions. 
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So does a whole bunch of crap.

>Some cautious person will anxiously bring it up again, and the another
>type of person ("badge of honor") will make the same unsupported
>denials that we see here. 
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Oh? Let's see. I've read the book of Pyro, I've engaged in discussions 
with Ph.D's in toxicology on the matter, I've engaged in discussions 
about this issue with Ryuji Suzuki and Richard Knoppow, and I've looked 
into a number of the claims made. There's been no reputable evidence 
that I've come accross that pyro exposure causes parkinson's disease. It 
still might, of course, but so might any number of regularly used 
substances.

These issues are important, and what we need is rational, level-headed 
thinking about them. Yelling that "they sky is falling" or going into 
complete denial about negative consequences are both rather extreme 
reactions.

Peter