[ RadSafe ] The Island where people forget to die

[Theo Richel]

The New York Times had a piece on Ikaria, 'the island where people
forget to die'. It is supposed to be a 'Blue Zone' which is an area
where people live considerably longer.  Author Dan Buettner claims to do
research to find out why these people forget to die. Be not surprised
that he comes up with the same boring diet advices that have been
plagueing us for decades. Now I do not want to go into detail about the
merits of food, but a fact is that the island is considerably radio
active. In earlier times tourists were greeted with the sign 'Welcome to
Ikaria, the island of Radium' (it is removed because in current times
this works not so well anymore ;-)). 
 Whether you are an adherent of the LNT-hypothesis or of hormesis, both
positions consider radiation an important influence on health, so
certainly when you encounter these very old people, you would have to
answer the question: is this thanks to or in spite of the radiation?
No word on this however. Author Dan Buettner is apparently just an
ordinary pusher of dietbooks and while such is a fact of life it is
deplorable that the NYT packs these advertisements as science.

Here is the NYT piece:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forge
t-to-die.html?pagewanted=all

And this is a piece on the radioactivity on the island:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20947588


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dahlskog, Leif
Sent: donderdag 1 november 2012 3:21
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) MailingList
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nordion looking for new suppliers for Moly-99?

And maybe Australia

http://www.ansto.gov.au/discovering_ansto/media_centre/ansto_connect_sto
ries_2010/ansto_connect_archive_2010/molybdenum_story

Leif Dahlskog 
Radiation Health Branch WA


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of
edmond0033 at comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2012 4:59 AM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nordion looking for new suppliers for Moly-99?

Try Petain (Netherlands), South Africa and CERN.  Also Russia.

Ed Baratta

Edmond.Baratta at FDA.hhs.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Alston
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:07 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Nordion looking for new suppliers for Moly-99?

Folks

Please see
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/29/nordion-russia-idUSL1E8LT3V820
121029.
Out of curiosity, does anyone understand whether Nordion is looking for
a source of *targets* from which to produce Mo-99, or for a source of
Mo-99 itself?  (FYI, I realize that Mo-99 is a primary fission
by-product.)  The article seems ambiguous.  TIA.

Cheers
cja
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