[ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood leukaemia

[Dan McCarn]

If copies of the paper are available, please send me a copy!

Well beyond the tropstrata
There is a region stark and stellar
Where, on a streak of anti-matter
Lived Dr. Edward anti-Teller.

Remote from Fusion’s origin,
He lived unguessed and unawares
With all his anti-kith and kin,
And kept macassars on his chairs.

One morning, idling by the sea,
He spied a tin of monstrous girth
That bore three letters: A. E. C.
Out stepped a visitor from Earth.

Then, shouting gladly o’er the sands,
Met two who in their alien ways
Were like as lentils. Their right hands
Clasped, and the rest was gamma rays.

*Harold P. Furth (The New Yorker, 1956)*

Best,

-- 
Dan ii

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <
Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov> wrote:

> This of course brings up the question, "does anti-matter matter?"  And
> if it does matter, does that mean it annihilates, and doesn't any more?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dixon, John E.
> (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH)
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:02 AM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood
> leukaemia
>
> I like the suggestion. K-40 is a positron emitter. I know part of
> natural background is due to what food/water we ingest. The idea
> postulated by the UK study, well...it makes my eyeballs bleed.
>
> Here's to the prevalence of common sense.
>
> Regards,
>
> John E. Dixon, CHP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Brennan, Mike
> (DOH)
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:20 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) MailingList
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood
> leukaemia
>
> Tell him that the K40 in his body is also producing antimatter; that
> will really freak him out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jess Addis
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:08 AM
> To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
> List'
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood
> leukaemia
>
> I was just explaining to  one of my Genetics and Bio Chem guys that a
> significant amount of his annual exposure came from within his own body
> and that I could use him to "calibrate"/locate the k-40 peak on a geli
> detector.
> He was amazed.
>
> I'd be very interested to read the leukemia study.
>
> Larry Addis, RSO
> Clemson University
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of John R Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:59 AM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood
> leukaemia
>
> John
>
> "if that is even possible" Its not possible. Mammals can't without
> potassium
> (K) and all K contain K-40.
>
> John R Johnson
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Dixon, John E. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH) <
> gyf7 at cdc.gov> wrote:
>
> > I would love to see all of the data. Seems that this "study" is making
>
> > a HUGE reach. Humans are all born into a field of background
> > radiation. Have these folks looked into the other end of the spectrum
> > here? What does the ABSENCE of all radiation () do to the childhood
> leukemia rate?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John E. Dixon, CHP
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:
> > radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:22 AM
> > To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
> > Subject: [ RadSafe ] Natural gamma rays linked to childhood leukaemia
> >
> > http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120612.html
> >  Natural gamma rays linked to childhood leukaemia
> >
> > A small but statistically significant link between risk of childhood
> > leukaemia and the gamma rays we are all exposed to from our natural
> > environment has been detected in a very large study led by Oxford
> > University researchers.
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