[ RadSafe ] Re: (Taiwan Apts)

[John Jacobus]

Of course, radiation effects in older people may not
be demonstrated as the individuals do not live lone
enough for the effects to be seen.

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

> Yes, Jay,
>   A different way of stating it it is that the dose
> beneficial or harmful to persons under 30 is less
> than that for older persons. I wonder if that shows
> up in Ramsar, Iran data?
>    
>   Howard Long
> 
> Jay Caplan <uniqueproducts at comcast.net> wrote:
>           The "consequences" of looking at different
> ages' results in this study are that we learn that
> children and those under age 30 should not be
> exposed to gamma excess, and that ages >30 should be
> exposed to gamma increases. Both of these approaches
> would reduce the cancer incidence based on the study
> results. 
>    
>     This is not cherry picking, just looking at
> separate results among a collection of results.
> 
>    
>   A 50% (solid cancer) and 40% (all cancer) lowering
> of incidence in adults over age 30 is big news, but
> not new news, it has been shown before in other
> studies with similar exposures.
>    
>   Jay Caplan
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: howard long 
>   To: John Jacobus ; rad-sci-l at WPI.EDU ;
> radsafe at radlab.nl 
>   Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:11 AM
>   Subject: Antinucs' Reluctantly Released Data
> Confirms Radiation Hormesis (Taiwan Apts)
>   
> 
>   Note "Environmental - " address to respond to
> establishment release, and abstract inconsistent
> with table 3 data: "highly significant (p<0.01)"
> that solid cancer incidence 
>   not LESS in exposed population.
>    
>   Only leukemia incidence may be higher, and
> mortality rate even there just 2 in 7,000 in 23
> years.
>    
>   Howard Long 
> 
> John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Apparently, not everyone thinks that fatal cancers
> are
> the only end-points to be evaluated for the effects
> of
> low-level radiation exposure. It would be convenient
> to ignore other effects, but is it ethical? Would
> you
> wish to have your child exposed to a toxin (whatever
> it is) that would increase their risk of cancer in
> later life?
> 
> I am not sure that the headline "Childhood Cancer
> Rate
> Increase by 40% by Low Dose Radiation" would play as
> well. You can certainly cherry-pick the data you
> want, but what are the consequences?
> 
> 
> --- "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)"
> wrote:
> 
> > Friends, FYI.
> > 
> > Regards, Jim
> > ===========
> > 
> > Isn't the most useful statistic the 40% reduction
> of
> > all cancers for
> > those over age 30 exposed to a substantial amount
> > (>50 mSv) over the
> > years? ( 50% reduction for solid cancers). This is
> > in the table on page
> > 885. 
> > 
> > If radiation prophylaxis is ever applied to a
> > population, it would be
> > for those over age 30 certainly. I think that even
> > though it ignored
> > mortality, this is a very helpful study and
> confirms
> > the nuclear
> > shipyard worker study results.
> > 
> > Newspaper headlines should read "Adult Cancer Rate
> > Reduced 40% by Low
> > Dose Radiation," but you don't find this in the
> > abstract.
> > 
> > Jay
> > 
> > 
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