[ RadSafe ] The Island where people forget to die

Fri Nov 2 09:37:38 CDT 2012

Thanks, Theo, I did not know of Ikaria! Great. Best, Ludwig

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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] Im Auftrag von Theo Richel
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. November 2012 13:14
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Betreff: [ RadSafe ] The Island where people forget to die

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

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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
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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

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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of
edmond0033 at comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2012 4:59 AM
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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
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From: Chris Alston
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:07 PM
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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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