[ RadSafe ] Genotoxicity of U

[franz.schoenhofer at chello.at]

Mike and RADSAFErs,

May I remind you all to rule #1 issued by all anti-nuclear agitators:

"Don't disturb me with facts. I have made up my mind."

Best regards,

Franz




---- "Brennan schrieb:
> Actually, one would expect it to have shown up in the miners in the Ore
> Mountains, where the radon levels were high enough that the increase in
> lung cancer was noticeable during medieval times.  Or in the pottery
> workers who worked with uranium in glazes, in high concentrations and
> conditions where contamination control wasn't even a concept.   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Dapra
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:03 PM
> To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Genotoxicity of U
> 
> Dec. 15, 2011
> 
> 	It seems to me that if uranium was a genotoxin its effects would
> 
> show up first in uranium miners and in uranium workers such as 
> employees in gaseous diffusion plants.  (I am assuming that a 
> genotoxin is a substance that would damage DNA and lead to birth
> defects.)
> 
> 	Has an excessive amount of birth defects been found --- even 
> anecdotally --- in uranium miners or workers?
> 
> Steven Dapra
> 
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