[ RadSafe ] Salsman warning

[James Salsman]

Dan,

Thank you for the information below. I have been in correspondence with
three ATSDR toxicologists in the past year and they have indicated they are
reviewing the carcinogencity studies reported in various uranium toxicology
reviews. The ATSDR had relying on sources which have influenced by the HPS
party line that uranium is only a danger to kidneys, as your excerpts show.
I doubt any study of people, mill workers or otherwise, with elevated serum
uranyl levels will not show carcinogenicity after 20 years.

I have never asked that anyone on RadSafe be fired, reassigned, or even
repremanded. All I've ever asked for are retractions. Why is that so
dispicable?

What would you think of a reporter who didn't try to confirm statements
contrary to established, reliable sources with the company management of
those making them?  How is what I've been doing any different?

Sincerely,
James Salsman

On Apr 8, 2010 3:37 PM, "Dan W McCarn" <hotgreenchile at gmail.com> wrote:

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM)
Uranium Toxicity
Course: WB 1524
Original Date: May 1, 2009
Expiration Date: May 1, 2012
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/uranium/docs/uranium.pdf

"Cancer among uranium miners has not been associated with exposure to
uranium, but instead with exposure to radon progeny, diesel exhaust
particles, arsenic, and other elements in the mine air which they breathe
[ATSDR 1999 (updated 2008)]". Page 58

"The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the U.S.
National Toxicology Program (NTP) have no carcinogenicity ratings for
uranium. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn its
carcinogenicity classification for uranium." Ibid, Page 29

"Uranium exposure in the occupational setting has been associated
with relatively few medical problems. Renal disease is related to
over-exposure to uranium, but it s not specific to uranium. Pulmonary
disease is related to dust exposure and is also not specific to uranium.
These problems are also not related to exposure to radiation; such problems
would not be expected unless the individual were handling highly enriched
uranium." Ibid, Pages 5-6.

This is not the reference that I reviewed in 2003 related to uranium mill
worker data, but serves for the present time.  That was a US Gov't
publication dated around 1998 as I recall on the toxicology of uranium.


Dan ii

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From: James Salsman [mailto:jsalsman at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:46

To: Dan W McCarn; radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Salsman warning

2010/4/8 Dan W McCarn <hotgreenchile at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [Salsman] is proposing an actively anti-n...