[ RadSafe ] RE: "Science" also misrepresents the "Chernobyl Forum" report

[John Jacobus]

I think that two important points are obvious:

1. No excess leukemias or solid cancers were observed.

2. Dose rate is not considered in calculating leukemia
or cancer risks.  

--- Marcel Schouwenburg
<M.Schouwenburg at TNW.TUDelft.NL> wrote:

> Posted on behalf of Y.C. Luan.
>
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> 
> . . .
> years, actuall no such excess leukemai observed,
> solid cancer could not 
> predicated. Dr Ilylin, charman of the biophysics and
. . .
> radiation received in low 
> dose rate by people, the radiation would not
> increase cancer mortality, 


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


		
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