Re: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation

[hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

Agreed, Fritz, that this was close to serious damage and fatality, probably with

greater risk of cancer and lowered immunity. I have not heard of symptoms from

under this 100 rem (centigray, cSv, rads - approx equiv here, if I understand

this HP lingo).



Benefit is stated by Luckey: "[hormetic range] <50cSv acute exposure for

mammals."



What would be the dose, acute exposure, that you could advocate for treatment of

the

electromagnetic deficiency, "emdef?", afflicting as many Americans as is high

cholesterol?

It is statistically manifested by lower immunity, higher cancer susceptibility,

etc, and is more easily treated by you, than is high cholesterol by MDs.



One rad (rem or cSv) is the usual dose from one CT x-ray chest imaging, with

Picker, Phillips or GE equipment at our local hospitals, I am told. This is in

the 1-10 rem to chest range that I explored for a hormesis experiment.  I have

dropped it, because the subjects and controls would both be getting one rad

yearly from CT, and an additional dose would lose power to show significant

differences



Would HPs rather be correcting emdef deficiency than enforcing ALARA?

What would be the best dose?



Howard Long



Franz Schoenhofer wrote:



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>

> Office:

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>

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>

> An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Datum: Dienstag, 25. Dezember 2001 01:50

> Betreff: Re: Worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation

>

> > At 09:50 AM 12/24/01 -0800, Sandy Perle wrote:

> > >

> > >Japanese worker exposed to 1,000 times higher-than-normal radiation

> > >

> > >TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Kyodo) - A 34-year-old company employee was exposed

> > >to 1,000 times the maximum annual permissible level of radiation at a

> > >Tokyo

> > hospital Friday while

> > >setting up medical equipment, the science and technology ministry

> > >said.

> > **********************************************************************

> > ****** *********** December 24, 2001

> >

> > Isn't that "permissible" level of 1 millisievert for a member of the

> > public rather than a radiation instrument employee?

> >

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

> -------

>

> Yes, it is, but the person was described in Sandy's posting as a person, who

> normally has not worked with radiation, therefore he has to be regarded as a

> member of the public.

>

> On the other side, at least in most European Union countries the maximum

> permissible dose is 20 mSv per year for radiation workers. Only in special

> circumstances this dose may be as high as 50 mSv per year, provided that the

> total dose during five years will not exceed 100 mSv.

>

> 1 Sv within a short time is clearly an exorbitant high dose, which is not to

> be neglected. Especially alarming are the circumstances: negligance and

> without doubt breaching of rules like checking the presence of people.

>

> Therefore I think that this is really noteworthy and a real accident, not

> comparable with a car accident. To comment, that he has not developed nausea

> and therefore there is nothing special at all and it should not be mentioned

> in the news - like one message on RADSAFE read - is not acceptable.

>

> Franz

>

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