Posted by Jock on April 24, 2009 at 13:27:34 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Charcoal burning in the US ? posted by Peter Ceresole on April 22, 2009 at 13:43:40:
the EU is right; tar on the skin is carcinogenic
Nearly everything taken to excess is carcinogenic.
The trick is to find the right balance. Many poisonous
substances have been used most effectively as medicines.
Even reading AR - which most of us would regard as
essentially therapeutic - was once described on TarBoard
as potentially dangerous.