RE: black fingernails, et al, was Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs

[C.Breukel@lumc.nl]

Sorry to disappoint you on this, Bob

Anti-oxidants had the reputaion of preventing cancer, but (not so) recent research could not prove that, and most recent research actually showed that anti-oxidants (under certain coditions) at least in the lab when cultering human cells can even cause cancer..(recent Nature paper I recall)..

Best,

Cor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOB KISS [mailto:bobkiss@caribsurf.com]
> Sent: maandag 31 augustus 2009 15:43
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: RE: black fingernails, et al, was Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs
> 
> DEAR JOSEPH,
> 	Actually, you and Grace are not far off.  Many preservatives are
> anti-oxidants...you know...the stuff that keeps us young and prevents cancer.
> Some are fit for human consumption and some are not.  BHT/BHA used to be
> in
> Triscuits.  As soon as they were found to be excellent anti-oxidants for
> humans (with no unhealthy side effects) they were replaced by something of
> more questionable health qualities.  Go figure!
> 		CHEERS!
> 			BOB
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Joseph Smigiel [mailto:jsmigiel@net-link.net]
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:49 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: Re: black fingernails, et al, was Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs
> 
> Steichen died two days short of 94.
> 
> In "Eat Starch Mom" Grace Slick once crooned:
> 
>   "Preservatives might just be preserving you.  I think that's something
> you
> might have missed. Ya, you missed it...vegetable lover."
> 
> 
> On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:16 PM, JOHN ROSEBOROUGH wrote:
> 
> 
> Judy and list,
> 
> Well let's see a quick search came up with this.
> 
> Ansel died at 82
> Stieglitz also 82
> Edward Weston was 72
> Minor at 68
> 
> I couldn't find the cause of death.
> Hummm - either I have 2 or 12 years to go.<g>
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> John Roseborough
> 
> 
> > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:20:44 -0400
> > From: jseigel@panix.com
> > Subject: black fingernails, et al, was Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, jefulton1 wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, SOME people did this. I remember the 'famed' black fingernails
> of
> > > Amidol users. HOwever, in y now forty
> > > years of working @ the San Francisco Art Institute in a department
> founded by
> > > Ansel and Minor.....
> >
> > As I recall (OK, I don't really recall, but I SUSPECT !!) both Ansel
> and
> > Minor died young-ish, even for that time. And I definitely do recall
> when
> > I went to my first photography workshops in the 1980s, being told that
> > photographers had a 40% higher cancer rate than the population at
> large.
> > I don't know where that figure came from, but it was given as fact, and
> > never contradicted.
> >
> > J.
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