Hemostasis? Homeostasis.

[GlennACarlson@aol.com]

The correct term is "homeostatically" from the root word "homeostasis" 
meaning the tendency of a physiological system to maintain internal 
stability.  "Hemostatic" or "hemostasis" refers to stopping bleeding.

If I were the typical Radsafer, I would point out that the meaning of 
"homeostasis" is known by any high school or junior college biology or 
physiology student.  I would proceed to call you an ignoramus who is speaking 
about something he obviously doesn't know anything about.  Then, I would 
refuse to listen to or comment on anything you might say in the future and 
would urge all others to do the same.  I would end by asking that you 
unsubscribe to spare the rest of us from you.  Oh, and somewhere in my reply 
I would say you're so stupid you must be an anti-nuke or a lawyer or someone 
who thinks LNT is not such a bad thing.

[sigh...]  But, then, I'm not the typical Radsafer.

Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
GlennACarlson@aol.com

>Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 22:07:17 +0200
>From: Franz Schoenhofer 
>Subject: Re: K-40 Thread
> 
>At 12:35 06.04.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>       Does everyone realize that the amount of potassium in our bodies
>>is hemostatically controlled? If you eat more than the body's control
>>level, it is discharged as waste. If you don't eat enough, it is good for
>>your health to eat more. Thus your health is not harmed by eating more
>>potassium, and in most cases, your radiation dose is not affected. 
>>
>>Bernard L. Cohen
>
>Yes, this is correct. The thread started anyway with mentioning the KCl use
>for thawing ice and the storing of tons of it in public places. This would
>result in a radiation dose from external irradiation as it was described by
>one fellow RADSAFEr. This should not be mixed up with doses from ingestion,
>which Bernard Cohen has clearly described as not existent. Another question
>is of course the external irradiation of workers blending the KCl with NaCl. 
>
>May I mention my personal experience with "salt light": You have to use
>about twice the amount of this salt to achieve the salty impression - which
>does not reduce the amount of NaCl taken up and therefore has no positive
>health effects....
>
>Regards,
>
>Franz
>
>
>Franz Schoenhofer
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