[ RadSafe ] Fwd: Re: Counter, "Mammograms: A leading cause of breast cancer?"

[howard long]

Myron,
  Can you counter, "Mammograms: A leading cause of breast cancer" in the NewsMax fear-mongering ad of Dr Blaylock? I remember your presentation showed the women who were fluoroscoped front to back not having the hormesis, perhaps because of the higher dose.

  Howard Long
  
John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:22:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Counter, "Mammograms: A leading cause of breast cancer?" 
To: howard long <hflong at pacbell.net>, radsafe at radlab.nl

Dr. Long,
I am sure that if you believe in hormesis, you will
cherry-pick the data that supports your view. That is
what those who choose to oppose radiation exposure do.

Personally, I would not cite data that was compiled in
1989. 

--- howard long wrote:

> Thanks, John J,
> The simplest I've seen is Pollycove's empirical
> multipoynomial fit to 2mGy exposure data from Miller
> et al NEJM 1989 showing breast dose. X is Gy from
> fluoroscopy of tuberculosis patients. Y is breast
> cancer deaths (per 10 to 6th person years).
> 
> Th graph shows 600 +- 15 at 0.05 Gy, 
> 395 +- 30 at 0.018 Gy and 
> 500 +- 50 at 0.028 Gy
> (approx)
> Hormesis?
> These advertisers only give, don't take, so I hope
> I can reach them can any of you?
> What is the mammogram dose?
> 
> Howard Long
> 
> John Jacobus wrote:
> Dr. Long
> Try
>
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prevention-genetics-causes/breast
> 
> --- howard long wrote:
> 
> > Radsafers,
> > Does anyone have the data to counter this
> > fear-mongering?
> > 
> > Howard Long
> > 
> > "NewsMax.com" wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:31:59 GMT
> > From: "NewsMax.com" 
> > To: "hflong at pacbell.net" 
> > Subject: Mammograms: A leading cause of breast
> > cancer? The untold story.
> > 
> > Dear NewsMax Reader: 
> > 
> > Each month NewsMax publishes The Blaylock Wellness
> > Report. 
> > 
> > It is edited by a renowned nutritionist and
> medical
> > doctor, Russell Blaylock. In this issue, Dr.
> > Blaylock tackles many important health subjects —
> > for both males and females. He does so in a
> > responsible way — providing information every
> adult
> > must know. 
>