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

[John Jacobus]

And you point is . . .?

--- Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:

> John:
> 
> 	It is the contents and not the sound that counst!
> 
> Regards, Rainer 
> 
> Dr. Rainer Facius
> German Aerospace Center
> Institute of Aerospace Medicine
> Linder Hoehe
> 51147 Koeln
> GERMANY
> Voice: +49 2203 601 3147 or 3150
> FAX:   +49 2203 61970
> 
> -----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.
> > >
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a
> new idea and never shrinks back to its original
> proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
> 
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 		
> ____________________________________________________
> Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs 
>  
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing
> list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have
> read and understood the RadSafe rules. These can be
> found at: http://radlab.nl/radsafe/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe
> and other settings visit: http://radlab.nl/radsafe/
> 
> 


+++++++++++++++++++
"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com