[ RadSafe ] More Fed agency promulgation of radiophobia

[John Jacobus]

Jim,
Your arguments about no risks from hypothyroid
treatment is valid.  However, how are you going to get
this information out?  I don't think arguing with
various people on this list is going to be very
productive.

--- "Muckerheide, James" <jimm at WPI.EDU> wrote:

> First, there are no significant exposures to the
> population, even though
> there could have been individual instances of
> significant exposures.
> 
> As Ralph Lapp said in the early '90s: "Any credible
> scientist that explained
> that no effects could be found were excluded from
> participating in the
> study."  And science knows that millions of people
> received much higher
> thyroid doses from medical diagnostics (especially
> before 1970 and the
> introduction of radioimmunoassay by Roz Yalow, for
> which she received the
> Nobel Prize), and the even higher doses for
> hyperthyroid treatment, with no
> thyroid cancer effects.  (For the hyperthyroid
> patients there was no leukemia
> or other cancers from the 10-15 rad whole body dose
> associated with the I-131
> treatment.)
> 
> ATSDR is so inept that was claiming that toxic
> chemicals have adverse effects
> right down to zero, except they 'arbitrarily'
> allowed that there could be no
> effects below the level of the Minimum Daily
> Requirement for these vitamins
> and minerals.  
> 
> There is no credible science, nor scientists,
> involved.
> 
> Regards, Jim Muckerheide
> ========================
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> > Behalf Of James Salsman
> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:19 PM
> > To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> > Subject: [ RadSafe ] More Fed agency promulgation
> of radiophobia
> > 
> > Jim Muckerheide wrote:
> > 
> > > Our responsible industry and government
> authorities need to develop and
> > > establish the institutional basis to question
> these results....
> > >
> > > Obviously, no credible "science" or scientists
> influence these results!
> > 
> > I'm guessing Jim hasn't seen the videos:
> > 
> >   
>
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hanford/health_care/video_presentations.html
> > 
> > If he has, I wonder what his definition of
> "credible" is.
> > 
> > > (Note: I am an Idaho Hanford 'downwinder' -
> Moscow, 1946-49 :-)
> > 
> > Idaho residents don't have much to worry about. 
> Almost all the
> > really significant exposures were in Adams,
> Benton, and Franklin
> > counties in Washington:
> >   
>
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hanford/img/exposure_map.gif
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > James Salsman
> > 


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

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