[ RadSafe ] When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk

[Dan McCarn]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2015/09/23/is-radiation-necessary-for-life/

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:35 AM, Rees, Brian G <brees at lanl.gov> wrote:

> I've heard this attributed to oxidative stress on cells (more O2 @ sea
> level).
>
> But some folks will do anything to avoid the "H" word - hormesis...
>
> Brian Rees
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu on behalf of S L Gawarecki
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 8:39:25 PM
> To: RadSafe
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk
>
> Quite an interesting article here:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/science/when-radiation-isnt-the-real-risk.html
>
> When people want to moan about the great cancer risk of radiation, I like
> to point out that Colorado residents on average are exposed to a much
> higher (approximately 3 times) radiation dose than people who live in
> Alabama (Table 2 in
>
> http://www.orau.org/ptp/PTP%20Library/library/Subject/Environmental/radiationbackground.pdf
> ),
> yet there is not a corresponding increase in the cancer rate. In fact,
> Alabama's average cancer incidence rate is about 1.2 times higher than that
> of Colorado and Alabama's average death rate from cancer in Alabama is
> about 1.3 times that of Colorado (
> http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/data/state.htm).
>
> Regards,
> *Susan Gawarecki*
>
> ph: 865-494-0102
> cell:  865-604-3724
> SLGawarecki at gmail.com
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