[ RadSafe ] The hidden danger of radioactive scrap metal

[Ahmad Al-Ani]

Thanks Parthasarathy for your kind reply, but I am not questioning the hormesis phenomenon, rather the conflicting reports studying the same event.

Someone is playing the numbers game and getting away with it, or there is another study with opposite conclusion. 

Ahmad
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 13:40 AST (Arabian) parthasarathy k s wrote:

>Dear Ahmad,
>
>Cancer incidence in the populations in the High Background Radiation Areas in Kerala (known for beach sands containing monazite-rich thorium ore-) was not higher or lower compared to that in normal background radiation areas.
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>The interaction of low level radiation with tissues is admittedly complicated. A brief review highlights some recent findings:
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>http://ksparthasarathy.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/radiation-exposure-is-it-harmful-or-beneficial/
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>regards
>Parthasarathy
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> From: Ahmad Al-Ani <ahmadalanimail at yahoo.com>
>To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu 
>Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2012, 6:14
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] The hidden danger of radioactive scrap metal
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>"They did not suffer a higher incidence of cancer mortality, as the LNT theory would predict. On the contrary, the incidence of cancer deaths in this population was greatly reduced—to about 3 per cent of the incidence of spontaneous cancer death in the general Taiwan public. In addition, the incidence of congenital malformations was also reduced—to about 7 per cent of the incidence in the general public"
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>Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477708/
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>It must be another study which the below news article based its statement:
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>"A 2005 study of more than 6,000 Taiwanese who lived in apartments built with radioactive reinforcing steel from 1983 to 2005 showed a statistically significant increase in leukemia and breast cancer"
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>Did it increase "leukemia and breast cancer" but reduced every other cancer?
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>Ahmad
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>On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 1:25 PM AST (Arabian) Roger Helbig wrote:
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>>New post on nuclear-news
>>
>>The hidden danger of radioactive scrap metal
>>
>>by Christina MacPherson
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>>Chronic exposure to low doses of radiation can lead to cataracts,
>>cancer and birth defects, according to the U.S. Environmental
>>Protection Agency. A 2005 study of more than 6,000 Taiwanese who lived
>>in apartments built with radioactive reinforcing steel from 1983 to
>>2005 showed a statistically significant increase in leukemia and
>>breast cancer....
>>
>>Nuclear Risks at Bed, Bath & Beyond Show Hidden Danger of Scrap
>>Bloomberg, By Jonathan Tirone and Andrew MacAskill - Mar 20, 2012
>>Going shopping? Don’t forget your wallet and credit card. Or Geiger
>>counter.
>>
>>The discovery of radioactive tissue boxes at Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.
>>(BBBY) stores in January raised alarms among nuclear security
>>officials and company executives over the growing global threat of
>>contaminated scrap metal. Read more of this post
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>>Christina MacPherson | March 20, 2012 at 10:14 am
>>http://nuclear-news.net/2012/03/20/the-hidden-danger-of-radioactive-scrap-metal/
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