[ RadSafe ] Re: Hormetic effectiveness

[jjcohen at prodigy.net]

 The ICRP concept of effective dose involves consideration that the harmful
effects of radiation are dependent upon the organs and tissues receiving the
dose, with an "effectiveness factor" assigned to gonads, lungs, etc. Maybe I
am looking too far into the future, to the time when hormesis becomes a
generally accepted concept, but it occurs to me that any beneficial effects
of radiation might also be tissue dependent such that  a prophylactic
radiation program might need to consider whether whole body irradiation for
hormetic purposes might be improved by preferentially directing the
radiation to certain areas of the body. Any thoughts???