[ RadSafe ] Study about medical rad exposure in children

[Steven Dapra]

Jan. 4

         Yup --- that's it --- "DEADLY" radiation.  It's the only 
type that's toxic --- isn't it?  Or does some ink-stained scribbler 
know better?

Steve


At 03:03 PM 1/4/2011, you wrote:
><snip>  Right now, he said there are few studies that can answer 
>that question. "We need data on when they are necessary for clinical 
>care," Dorfman said.
>
>Steve...do you mean toxic dose of "deadly" radiation?  (Toxic is a 
>journalistic non-quantifiable adjective.  I think it means "not so 
>good for you", depending on who "you" are.)
>
>The jury is clearly out on ALARA and CT scans.  It'll take a few 
>years before the equipment costs are amortized, the novelty of this 
>nifty new technology wears off and the latent cancers (if any) begin to appear.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Dapra [mailto:sjd at swcp.com]
>Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 6:34 PM
>To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
>Subject: [ RadSafe ] Study about medical rad exposure in children
>
>Jan. 3
>
>         Here is a quote from a Reuters article about rad exposure 
> in children.
>
>"Radiation exposure became a major concern in October 2009 after the
>U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating more than
>2,000 cases in which patients received toxic doses of radiation
>during CT scans of the brain at a California hospital."  (I have
>omitted two hyperlinks.)
>
>         What is a 'toxic dose' of radiation?
>
>         Link to the article is:
><http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110103/us_nm/us_radiation_children>.
>
>Steven Dapra
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
>
>Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and 
>understood the RadSafe rules. These can be found at: 
>http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
>
>For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other 
>settings visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu