AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: "Science" reports on background radiation andhealth

[Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]

John:

	It is the contents and not the sound that counst!

Regards, Rainer 

Dr. Rainer Facius
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag von John Jacobus
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. August 2005 15:38
An: Maury Siskel; Muckerheide, James
Cc: cdn-nucl-l at mailman1.cis.mcmaster.ca; mbrexchange at list.ans.org; radsafe
Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] Re: "Science" reports on background radiation andhealth

And what is the paradox? What is important are results of epidemiological studies of the populations.  The statement that ". . . appear to be even healthier and to live longer than those living in control  areas that are not classified as HBRAs . . ." does not sound like a scientific statement to me.  I remember years ago where a study showing that people who lived in the Caucasus Mountains lived longer because they ate yogart.  Actually, it is glacial milk. not background radiation.

See http://www.lifebuildingminerals.com/longevity.htm

As noted in the BEIR V, BEIR VII, UNSCEAR and other reports, biological response from low dose, low-dose rates differ from those of high dose rate exposures.  


--- Maury Siskel <maurysis at ev1.net> wrote:

> Many Radsafe readers would find the linked article in Science an 
> intriguing account. But I agree that when you come to the section 
> about "The Radiation Paradox", your ears will stand up -- Dog's did 
> when I read it to him. <g> Cheers, Maury&Dog
> 
> ====================
> Muckerheide, James wrote:
> 
> > Friends,
> >
> > An essay on 'medical geology' in the current
> Science magazine includes
> > the following section. The article is at:
> >
>
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5736/883
> 
> . . .
> >
> > The most interesting feature in all these cases is
> that the people
> > living in these HBRAs do not appear to suffer any
> adverse health
> > effects as a result of their high exposures to
> radiation. On the
> > contrary, in some cases the individuals living in
> these HBRAs appear
> > to be even healthier and to live longer than those
> living in control
> > areas that are not classified as HBRAs. These
> phenomena pose many
> > intriguing questions for medical geologists.
> >


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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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