Cyanobacteria and link to ALS?

[johntan]

Was listening to NPR and looked into this. Is there a risk more so for reefers? Tanks all closed up indoors, even though my tank is looking good I know there's cyano in every tank.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-algae-blooms-linked-to-lou-gehrig-s-disease/

 

[dz6t]

Before you all freak out, please consider these:
1. It is a hypothesis, not yet have direct evidence.
2. The data point of the said analysis is very tiny
3. 6,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year, among a population of 324 millions currently.
vs
1.6 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year,
32 thousand people died in car crash each year,

 

[dz6t]

Another fact to consider, we are not eating what is in our tanks.
But siphoning water using mouth is risky.
Chronic dietary exposure of the suspected amino acid beta-Methylamino-L-alanine is the proposed suspect.

 

[dz6t]

Also
It was suggested bodybuilding dietary supplement could lead to ALS.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049458/

Just like everything in California is a carcinogen. lol

 

[nickrobertson87]

Also
It was suggested bodybuilding dietary supplement could lead to ALS.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049458/

Just like everything in California is a carcinogen. lol

Spot on Dong. It's easy to let fear dictate life. Correlation does not impart causation.