[ RadSafe ] Is this the beginning of the end of the debate on low-dose radiation effects?

[Dan McCarn]

Dear Prof. Raabe:

I'd like a copy!

Dan W McCarn
108 Sherwood Blvd
Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
+1-505-670-8123
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 8, 2014, at 1:39 PM, "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> 
> 8 July 2014
> 
> Dear Mohan,
> 
> The contrast is between a single instantaneous
> radiation exposure and protracted exposure over time.
> 
> A vet small instantaneous exposure will have a meaninglessly
> small promotion effect on an ongoing cancer advancement.
> 
> In sharp contrast, a protracted exposure at low dose rates
> can interfere with ongoing cancer processes.
> 
> See my Figure 16 in Health Phys. 98:515-536; 2010
> where I show a statistically significant reduction i(zero cases)
> in bone cancer from Sr+Y-90 protracted radiation exposures
> for cumulative doses smaller than 10 Sv.
> 
> If you don't have this paper, l will send you a copy.
> 
> Otto
> 
> **********************************************
> Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
> Center for Health & the Environment
> University of California
> One Shields Avenue
> Davis, CA 95616
> E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
> Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140
> ***********************************************  _______________________________________________
> 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