[ RadSafe ] Re: "Science" reports on background radiation and health

[Muckerheide, James]

John, Look below. It's in "Science."  He says:

"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." 

Our experience in publishing our "Policy Forum" paper in "Science," and the
"Response to Comments," had peer-reviewers, starting with Phil Abelson(!),
and editorial reviewers, assuring that our statements were able to be
substantiated.  Of course, not all epi studies have the power to demonstrate
such results.

See the statements and endnotes in our "Science" paper and response to
comments also, by linking from the top-left column at:
http://cnts.wpi.edu/rsh/docs/ 

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
========================


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:37 PM
> To: Muckerheide, James; Maury Siskel
> Cc: cdn-nucl-l at mailman1.cis.mcmaster.ca; mbrexchange at list.ans.org; radsafe
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Re: "Science" reports on background radiation and
> health
> 
> Can you cite any epidemiological studies in the
> literature that supports the idea that radiation is
> the basis for improved health, etc.?
> 
> I think that there is a bit of a difference between
> saying that low dose, low-dose rates does does not
> cause harm vs. it is beneficial at these levels.
> 
> --- "Muckerheide, James" <jimm at WPI.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:38 AM
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Ok. "Epi studies consistently indicate lower cancer
> > rates and other diseases,
> > and increased longevity."
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Right.  That's why assuming a linear response is
> > invalid.  Looking at the
> > actual data vs. their biological functions shows
> > that low doses are
> > beneficial, i.e., these different biological
> > responses enhance immunity and
> > many other functions, rather than stimulate
> > "emergency repairs"
> > (error-prone).
> >
> > Regards, Jim Muckerheide
> > ========================
> >
> > > --- 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "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
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