[ RadSafe ] Uranium in the hair of autistic children URGENT

[John R Johnson]

Mike and other Radsafers

I agree.

I thought I could find something in ICRP Pub. 23 but the hair/uranium "spot" 
was blank.

John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 8:52 AM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Uranium in the hair of autistic children URGENT


>I saw an article about this, and it also contained no way of telling
> what "high" means.  I've seen this in the past, with people sending hair
> off to a "laboratory" and being told that the uranium levels were
> "high".  Although I tried (though not very hard, I admit), I was not
> able to find evidence that (a) the lab is accredited by any
> organization, (b) that there is an established meaning for "high"
> uranium levels in hair, or (c) a connection between uranium levels in
> hair and some health effect.
>
> It is, I believe, quite useful when someone says something like the
> uranium comes from a reactor 150 km away (or right next door, for that
> matter).  It demonstrates conclusively that that person doesn't know
> what they are talking about, and their opinions should be doubted on any
> subject less verifiable than in which direction the sun will rise.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
> Behalf Of parthasarathy k s
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:29 AM
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Uranium in the hair of autistic children URGENT
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Recently,
> the reported  presence of "high" levels of uranium in the hair of
> children suffering from autism has attracted wide media attention in
> India. In spite of all efforts, I could not get the actual data so far.
> The person who suggested that autistic children in Faridkot, Punjab are
> having high concentrations of uranium in their hair also stated that the
> source of uranium is likely to be the either  pressurized heavy water
> reactors at Rajasthan 150 km from Faridkot or the reactors in Pakistan.
> I have serious doublts about the credibility of such persons
>
> If
> any one in the list has any references to enhanced uranium levels in the
> hair of autistic children, I shall be grateful to receive them
>
> Regards
> K.S.Parthasarathy
>
>
>
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