[ RadSafe ] Re: Hormesis evidence from Chernobyl- Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski

[John Jacobus]

Dr. Long,
Are these values within statistial limits?  I assume
that you know what that means.  I do not mean the P
value http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-value 

There were 134 ARS (acute radiation sickness)
survivors at Chernobyl with 28 deaths.  How does this
compare to the age matched population of the three
groups you list?  What are your reference sources?

And what does this have to do with ALARA?  Why do you
need to change the subject of the original e-mail
thread?

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

> "mortality rate of survivors of the acute radiation
> sickness, at 1.09%, 
>   was much lower [ LOWER] than the mortality rates
> for the whole population of Belarus 
>   of  1.4%, Russia's 1.38%, and Ukraine's 1.65%)." 
>   (caps mine, Howard Long, MD MPH)
>   
> John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Dr. Long,
> I am quite secure in my job. I do not have to use
> "fear-mongering." I hope that your comments are not
> a
> personal indictment against what I say.
> 
> The accident at Chernobyl is not related to the
> issue
> of ALARA. The response to accidents is quite
> different as personnel would be expected in their
> response to get higher, but not lethal, doses. Of
> course, since you are not a professional in
> radiation
> safety and health, I would not expect you to know
> the
> difference.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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

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