[ RadSafe ] "Science" reports on background radiation andhealth

[howard long]

John,
You well know that Wyoming (high gamma) and Iowa (high radon alpha) 
have less cancer and greater longevity (age adjusted) than states with less hormesis
(although there are many other factors, like traditional blue-state values).
What's  your quibble?
 
Howard Long

John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
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
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> 
> -----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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