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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, and... there's a difference between Killing, doing harm, and benefitting. The dose makes the poison.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If your metric for "actually good for you" is "used in cancer therapy" then you're going to live a very very short lifespan.