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

[John Jacobus]

Dr. Cohen,
Do your studies include high background radiation
levels?  Did you look at longevity or only cancers?

Again, I am not interested in radon, but with ambient
exposures.  

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

> Thank you Bernard! 
> 
> 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: Bernard Cohen [mailto:blc+ at pitt.edu] 
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2005 17:28
> An: John Jacobus
> Cc: Facius, Rainer; jimm at WPI.EDU; maurysis at ev1.net;
> cdn-nucl-l at mailman1.cis.mcmaster.ca;
> mbrexchange at list.ans.org; radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: "Science"
> reports on background radiation andhealth
> 
> 
> 
> John Jacobus wrote:
> 
> > I asked for
> >information that correlates high background
> radiation with health 
> >effects.  I did not ask about low dose irradiation;
> I did not ask about 
> >cellular studies; I did not ask about LNT; I did
> not ask about 
> >ecological epidemiology; etc.
> >
> >  
> >
>     ---Since radon is a "background  radiation", my
> studies of lung cancer rates vs radon exposures in
> U.S. counties correlates high background radiation
> with reduced health effects.
> 
> 
> 


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

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