"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!" - Alexander Pope
It's almost every day in the news, we hear outrageous news that boggles the mind. News mostly about how unsafe life has become: as almost everything can kill or harm us. As a matter of fact, in some sense, I believe medical science has become confused about what we should, or should not do.
Bill Bryson narrates in, "Life's Little Gambles." Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh recently reported that showers release toxic chemicals into the air. So while we merrily lather away and sing our hearts out, these chemicals in the water are quietly turning into vapors, exposing us to chemical concentrations up to 10 times greater than we would receive by drinking the water.
