MRIs -That much levorotary spin could kill you!

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what about the cell phone myth?

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> I call B.S. on that article, " MRI's -That much

levorotary spin could kill you! "

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http://www.greatestherbsonearth.com/articles/molecular_spin.htm

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> Quotations:

> " Much the same with an MRI. It spins all of your

cells to the left

> (abnormal) and the cells that spin back the fastest

are considered healthy,

> the slower ones are marked with question, and the

ones that don't rebound

> are the " abnormal frequency " cells. "

> " Why do you think they don't put your whole body

through at one time? "

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> This is the most ridiculous thing that I've heard.

> * Body cells in an MRI don't spin! Spin is a term

given to atomic

> particles, not cells, and it has nothing to do with

rotation in the

> physical world. Your cells stay put. And there's no

left or right.

> * In MRI, your entire body IS subjected to the main

magnetic field, along

> with everything else in the room.

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> Absolutely nothing in that article makes sense from

a chemistry or physics

> standpoint.

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> David

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