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xoxoxoBruce · 11-22-2009, 12:38 AM

When they feed chemical compounds to laboratory rats, measure the results, and determine if that compound is safe to use, they used the percentage of rats affected and how. Standard methodology.

But rarely are all the rats affected the same way, and these are rats that are specially bred to be as identical as possible. They calculate the percentage of rats, that have what type of reaction, to determine the odds.

Humans are all unique, and their reactions to elements/compounds, will vary much more than those rats. So all the statistical analysis is crap, if your child happens to be one that reacts badly to something. Unfortunately first hand action and reaction is about the only way to tell why a kid has a problem.

11-22-2009, 12:38 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When they feed chemical compounds to laboratory rats, measure the results, and determine if that compound is safe to use, they used the percentage of rats affected and how. Standard methodology. But rarely are all the rats affected the same way, and these are rats that are specially bred to be as identical as possible. They calculate the percentage of rats, that have what type of reaction, to determine the odds. Humans are all unique, and their reactions to elements/compounds, will vary much more than those rats. So all the statistical analysis is crap, if your child happens to be one that reacts badly to something. Unfortunately first hand action and reaction is about the only way to tell why a kid has a problem. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.