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Coincidence or Consequence?: Reinhard Krause / Reuters
Now, with the passing of the 25th anniversary of the disaster, anecdotal evidence and reports not publicly available suggest a long-lasting legacy in the form of higher rates of cancer, delayed growth, and birth defects like webbed or extra fingers and cleft palates in children of parents exposed to the chemical, but no comprehensive studies have been made.
The genetic and carcinogenic effects of MIC will become most apparent in long-term studies that “are crying out to be done,” says epidemiologist Sushma Aquilla, a member of the International Medical Commission on Bhopal, which in 1994 conducted an independent assessment of adults directly affected by the disaster. Despite the Indian Council of Medical Research issuing a call for such studies last year, there has been a lack of interest in doing them, Aquilla says. To her, it seems that some people “would actually like to forget the incident.”
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Where man would like to be god. This demonstrates that if you are rich enough you can play god with others lives.
Can't imagine a human wanting to pretend like a horrible accident didn't happen.
Polydactyly, (more fingers) is congenital or runs in families... Logic and from what I 've seen is probably also caused by inbreeding...It's known to be genetic!...
I think is not inbreeding in all cases, but the cases I ve seen and I've known theres been inbreeding involved. Don;t know if polydactyly ran in the family or if it was an effect of the inbreeding. But probability definitely rises when there are cousins procreating or even closer relatives...
Other mammals like (cats and dogs) also have polydactyly and it's known to be caused by been inbred too... So I will not believe those who say it is not sometimes caused by inbreeding.. Probably it could 've happened many generations ago and it persists through generations. Families sometimes do have secrets... shh
And by the way I do believe toxic stuff do cause mutations and other congenital conditions.
And I believe Climate change can be influenced by humans too!
Because we really can..
Evolution, that finger is to help people press the shift key more easoly. In twenty years if you aren't lucky enough to have the gene you will get it implanted into your children so they wont be less evolved than everyone else.