[ RadSafe ] Salsman warning

[Steven Dapra]

April 9

James:

         Get off RADSAFE and learn how to spell.

Steven Dapra


At 12:29 PM 4/9/2010, James Salsman wrote:
>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 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn its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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