[ RadSafe ] Re: Correcton: Only bomb exposure > 10 rad caused cancer (< prevented!)!

[John Jacobus]

Dr. Long,
Why do you not write a response?  

--- howard long <hflong at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Nature Reviews (below) still have radiophobia (or
> commercial benefit from pretending).
>    
>   The bomb data quoted (part of it) mingles data <
> 10rad with high exposure.
>    
>   Public Health demands correction of this myth that
> low dose radiation causes cancer.
>    
>   Distorting with pooled data, no aspirin would be
> used, since high doses have been the largest
> poisoning cause of death in children. No iodine
> would be used (as in salt to prevent goiter), since
> the skull and crossbones on the antiseptic bottle
> was well deserved.
>    
>   Truth demands disclosure on all bomb data. Breast
> cancer, 
>   at 1-10rad, was 34 vs 42.3 expected, although
> higher at doses 50 rad and above.
>   This is consistent with Luan's Taiwan apartment
> studies, reported here and at
>   www.jpands.org,   showing just 3.5 vs 116 expected
> cancer deaths/100,000 where
>   0.4 sv/ person extra was received from radioactive
> cobalt in the reinforcing steel.
>    
>   Isn't it time for the radiation industry to lead
> the beneficial application of low dose radiation,
> instead of reinforcing false cancer fears (to
> perpetuate jobs?)
>   1, Benefit cancer prevention with low dose
> exposures.
>   2, Save hundreds of billions of dollars removing
> beneficial doses from Hanford, etc.
>   3, Prevent panic from the low doses expected
> before now with a "dirty bomb", here!
>    
>   Who, but HPs to lead? When, but now?
>    
>   Howard Long  
>   
> John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   >From Nature Reviews Cancer 6, 75-83 (January
> 2006) 
> The entire article can be found at
>
http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v6/n1/full/nrc1784.html
> 
> . . .

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


		
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