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Tortilla-cancer link study could be published soon
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A controversial study exploring if liver cancers on parts of the Southside are caused by corn tortilla consumption — a suspected cause of disease rates roughly twice the statewide rate — has been accepted for publication, a top health official said.
The Texas A&M study focused on the popular staple, which develops a micotoxin linked to liver cancer when moldy. Researchers are trying to get a handle on the reason for higher-than-average liver cancers near the former Kelly Air Force Base – now an 1,800-acre industrial park named Port San Antonio — which residents contend are attributable to chemicals once used at the site.
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Then, there is the diet of the folks around that area, which I would bet includes as much flour tortillas, Budweiser, McDonalds, cake, barbacoa, menudo, beans fried in lard, chinese candy, Big Red, pan dulce, pan de huevo, chorizo, Doritos, and lead-based-paint-containing Walmart fingernail polish as corn.
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who cares....we care about tacos.....so, when is the next meeting?