Re: Optimal Radiation

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 17:57 25.01.2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Bill,              I am not an expert in the area, but I it looks like there
>is a
>definite stimulation of the immunological response system such as an
>increase in T-cell production, along with other imumologic mechanisms that
>generally improve  disease resistance.. 


You write "it looks like" - is this sufficient for you to propose large
scale irradiation of persons with 100 mSv/y, which is in more than sharp
contrast to the maximum of 1 mSv/y of the ICRP? By the way you write about
"radiation deficient areas" - I doubt there are (m)any areas in the world,
where natural background would be 100 mSv/y.

I strictly refuse such ideas.

Franz


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