http:\/\/www.thiscausescancer.com\/<\/a>\u00a0would seem to be the one stop shop here.\u00a0 Of course, it won’t tell you\u00a0how to avoid a nasty blastoma – but it does seem to keep a log of what the media are pimping or scared of on a given day…<\/p>\nTake with a pinch of salt after food.\u00a0 Unless salt causes cancer\u00a0– in which case, wait until tomorrow, when it proably won’t after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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