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From: ladasky@codon4.berkeley.edu (John Ladasky;1021 Solano No. 2;528-8666)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: biotech weapons
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Date: 19 Nov 89 01:54:22 GMT
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	Is this really a responsible thing to be discussing?

	Well, fine, here's my $.02...

	With respect to tetracycline; it is used as an anti-acne agent in 
humans and is administered orally.  So much for a biotech weapon.  However,
it does cause an increased tendency to sunburn.

	I've also been told that tetracycline is very effective against 
several common venereal diseases (presumably bacterial), and that a proposal
to administer tetracycline to pre-teen Americans was considered in the
1950's by the Federal government.  The proposal was killed by a coalition 
of Christian groups who didn't like the premarital sex implications of the
proposal...

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