Re: radiation is radiation?

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

Cancer is lower.  But why compare to the US average?  Compare to the low dose
regions! (e.g., San Francisco area, coastal areas of the southeast, etc. 
Recall  John Jagger's HPJ paper showing much higher cancer in 3 Gulf Coast
states vs 3 Rocky Mountain states.  Also the Kerala India area comparing the
high-dose region vs. the adjacent low-dose areas (the radioactivity is
delivered down the river from the mountains).

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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"Reynolds, Harold" wrote:
> 
> If cancer rates in the Denver area were to be higher than lower elevations,
> you could bet the Tooth Fairy types would blame it on Rocky Flats and not on
> background.
> 
> Harry Reynolds
> Harold.Reynolds@RFETS.gov
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kent, Michael  D [SMTP:Michael.D.Kent@nspco.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 5:42 AM
> > To:   Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:      RE: radiation is radiation?
> >
> >
> > Norm,
> >
> > Just a quick observation for you; maybe you can pass this on to your
> > colleagues at the TF project.
> >
> > As has been pointed out numerous times, cancer rates in Denver, Co are not
> > higher than the national average.  This is true, even though they live in
> > an
> > area where background radiation is twice as high, AND they have Rocky
> > Flats
> > next door (lot's and lot's of DEADLY Plutonium, and other nasty stuff).
> >
> > Why not go and do a study in Denver?   Could it be that this would
> > possibly
> > skew the results of their survey and show something they did not want (
> > i.e.
> > to hard to twist the data to fit the mold you need).
> >
> > Michael D. Kent RRPT
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