Yup....pure horse puckey! Obviously the editors in Hattiesburg thought so also, for it has been pulled! cheeers, Doug in BC =Mark wrote: > > At 07:28 AM 10/3/02 -0500, Dan Turkette wrote: > >Who is this twit? This is news to me! > > > >http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20020929/localnews/182192.ht > >ml > > > > >>"There is evidence, however, that hot spicy food can predispose to cancer > >of the esophagus. In countries where >>lots of hot sauce is consumed, rates > >of esophageal cancer are measurably higher." > > This statement in the article may shed further light on his statements: "I > have no medical evidence but it seems reasonable." > > =Mark