Steinbach gets appendix out

[AGrizzlyBaer]

STEINBACH GETS TICKET FOR STAPH SWEEPSTAKES

Browns guard Eric Steinback has undergone an appendectomy. The surgery was performed on April 18 at the Cleveland Clinic. He was released from the facility on Thursday.

Steinbach is expected to be ready for the team's June minicamp.

If, of course, he doesn't develop a staph infection. Several Browns players over the past few years have caught the bug. Damage from a staph infection has put the career of center LeCharles Bentley in doubt. Bentley was the Browns' big-name free-agent prize a year ago.

Said a despondent Browns fan via e-mail: For once I would love to hear 'Browns' new free agent did nothing exciting and is in perfect health.'"

[palmmyjohnson]

If, of course, he doesn't develop a staph infection. Several Browns players over the past few years have caught the bug. Damage from a staph infection has put the career of center LeCharles Bentley in doubt. Bentley was the Browns' big-name free-agent prize a year ago.

Probably has something to do with all the flammable chemicals in the drinking water up that way.

[Kazkal]

And another brown FA bites the dust.

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

With whateverthehell they have going on up there, you couldn't pay me enough to sign there. Let's see - perennial loser, and seems to have some mystery staph infection that can end your career. Yeah, sounds great. Sign me up.

Hell, it was hard enough for the Bengals to get FAs to visit in the 90s, and we didn't have a case of the plague going around like Cleveland does.

Oh, also, if you sign there, you have to live in Cleveland. ;P

[redsbengalsbucks]

If, of course, he doesn't develop a staph infection. Several Browns players over the past few years have caught the bug. Damage from a staph infection has put the career of center LeCharles Bentley in doubt. Bentley was the Browns' big-name free-agent prize a year ago.

Probably has something to do with all the flammable chemicals in the drinking water up that way.

I was just in Cleveland the 17th, the town maybe little more than a run-down Detroit, but the water cant have any flammable chemicals in it or they would be making national news as the worst water in the country.

Always remember that tap water has more restrictions/regulations it has to meet than does any bottled water. Making any tap water that passes the EPA regulations safer than bottled water.

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

If, of course, he doesn't develop a staph infection. Several Browns players over the past few years have caught the bug. Damage from a staph infection has put the career of center LeCharles Bentley in doubt. Bentley was the Browns' big-name free-agent prize a year ago.

Probably has something to do with all the flammable chemicals in the drinking water up that way.

I was just in Cleveland the 17th, the town maybe little more than a run-down Detroit, but the water cant have any flammable chemicals in it or they would be making national news as the worst water in the country.

Always remember that tap water has more restrictions/regulations it has to meet than does any bottled water. Making any tap water that passes the EPA regulations safer than bottled water.

In theory yes, but it assumes that 1) the tests are comprehensive, covering all nasties; 2) are sampled enough to catch sporadic leaks, and 3) are tested in many places, including downstream of the pumping station. I'd guess these conditions don't always - or even often - hold.

I know the water at my friend's place in DC smells like gasoline, while mine is hard but tastes fine.

As far as Cleveland goes...emprical evidence suggests that the river did in fact catch on fire.

[Stripes]

Tap water certainly tastes worse than bottled water.

[rishipatel]

Tap water certainly tastes worse than bottled water.

Except if you're drinking bottled water for "health benefits", you need to drink water in glass bottles not plastic bottles. The plastic leaches carcinogens(cancer causing agents) into the water in plastic bottles. This is why the water sometimes tastes a bit plastic-like. In fact any inadvertent ingested plastic is bad for you due to its known carcinogenicity. So any liquids in plastics bottles are bad for you.

[Stripes]

Tap water certainly tastes worse than bottled water.

Except if you're drinking bottled water for "health benefits", you need to drink water in glass bottles not plastic bottles. The plastic leaches carcinogens(cancer causing agents) into the water in plastic bottles. This is why the water sometimes tastes a bit plastic-like. In fact any inadvertent ingested plastic is bad for you due to its known carcinogenicity. So any liquids in plastics bottles are bad for you.

That argument certainly holds water (seriously, no pun intended) in the case of H20, but I'd imagine other plastic-bottle beverages are bad for you even without considering the cacinogens. Soda or most fruit drinks are terrible for you obviously. Still drink 'em by the gallon though.

[WhoDeyForever]

Well now cleveland f**ks up Steinbach..POS city

[James_Brooks21]

Tap water certainly tastes worse than bottled water.

Except if you're drinking bottled water for "health benefits", you need to drink water in glass bottles not plastic bottles. The plastic leaches carcinogens(cancer causing agents) into the water in plastic bottles. This is why the water sometimes tastes a bit plastic-like. In fact any inadvertent ingested plastic is bad for you due to its known carcinogenicity. So any liquids in plastics bottles are bad for you.

That argument certainly holds water (seriously, no pun intended) in the case of H20, but I'd imagine other plastic-bottle beverages are bad for you even without considering the cacinogens. Soda or most fruit drinks are terrible for you obviously. Still drink 'em by the gallon though.

That argument you guys are talking about is bs with the plastic bottles. What's funny is that I just saw the results on CNN of a research that just came out with a study that someone was trying to say that plastic bottles leak stuff that are bad for babies and that they should drink out of glass bottles. That was proved to be garbage, that plastic bottles leak carcinogens. But in today's society with the internet there is always a site that will agree with what ever theory you come up with. I bet if it was a conspiracy theory out there that George Bush was 1/8 black that it would be a website out there that would support your theory.

[Stripes]

Just as there are paranoid people in the media whom will tell you something is dangerous, there are overzealous reporters in contrast whom claim to have "disproved" something without having disproved anything at all.

I really don't care either way though.

[DC_Bengals_Fan]

Tap water certainly tastes worse than bottled water.

Except if you're drinking bottled water for "health benefits", you need to drink water in glass bottles not plastic bottles. The plastic leaches carcinogens(cancer causing agents) into the water in plastic bottles. This is why the water sometimes tastes a bit plastic-like. In fact any inadvertent ingested plastic is bad for you due to its known carcinogenicity. So any liquids in plastics bottles are bad for you.

That argument certainly holds water (seriously, no pun intended) in the case of H20, but I'd imagine other plastic-bottle beverages are bad for you even without considering the cacinogens. Soda or most fruit drinks are terrible for you obviously. Still drink 'em by the gallon though.

That argument you guys are talking about is bs with the plastic bottles. What's funny is that I just saw the results on CNN of a research that just came out with a study that someone was trying to say that plastic bottles leak stuff that are bad for babies and that they should drink out of glass bottles. That was proved to be garbage, that plastic bottles leak carcinogens. But in today's society with the internet there is always a site that will agree with what ever theory you come up with. I bet if it was a conspiracy theory out there that George Bush was 1/8 black that it would be a website out there that would support your theory.

The chemicals you're talking about are called pththalates, they're used to make plastic non-brittle. They're not very toxic, I've been exposed to far higher doses in the lab, but they do leach out of the plastic and into water in small quantities. There have been studies that suggest that infants exposed to them tend to have slightly smaller "junk" than usual (perhaps Joey Porter was exposed), but I'd question the sample sizes in those studies. As far as I know, they're not carcinogens.

For what it's worth, I wouldn't listen to any medical studies you hear on TV - most medical researchers are idiots, and practically all reporters are.

[Spor_tees]

So what was this thread about?