> with n > 1)for chemical carcinogens What does n represent in this context? Just glancing this over and not reading the papers referenced (since my mind is already made up and I don't want to be influenced by more made-up 'facts' :)), I have to say that these suggestions look highly speculative to me. I always have to wonder about the word, 'inferred'. I see too far too much inferring and too little proving on all sides of this debate for my comfort. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm