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natural and un-natural radiation
Just a couple of comments to this ongoing debate with Norm Cohen.
First of all to Steven Dapra, Jay Gould is approximately correct, a
change from 24.4 to 24.6 is about an increase of 1%. Take the
difference and divide by the original and you get 0.2/24.4 which is
roughly 1%.
Next Norm Cohen, radiation is radiation. For example, UV is UV. You
can get just as much of a sunburn from a tanning salon as from the sun.
The body just does not differentiate. The body reacts to a 5 MeV alpha
from a naturally occurring radionuclide the same as it does to a 5 MeV
alpha from a reactor product.
Kjell Johansen
Milwaukee
kajohans@powercom.net
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