Re: Fw: Fw: Ship Yard Workers - John Boice

[hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

Gotcha, John!

Indeed, UV- (B? NOT the frequency blocked by ozone) is associated with

melanoma."Cases were more likely to burn than tan, - more moles, - and had less

sun exposure prior to diagnosis." (LLNLMelanoma Study).



However, rickets, a bone malformation from deficient vitamin D,  is well-known

to be prevented or cured by sunlight. This seems to refute the LNT for part of

the spectrum which includes x -and gamma rays!



Also, "Radiation deficiency" would be a better term than emdef, since other

ionizing radiation is intended for inclusion.

Howard Long



jenday1 wrote:



> Howard,

> I am not sure if you were kidding about the emdef, but I would ask you first

> to reconcile the fact that UV radiation, which falls into your

> "electromagnetic wave deficiency of higher frequency than the

> long-recognized need for sunshine," is good for you considering the risks of

> melanoma? See http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/tanning.html  Or are you excluding UV

> from your emdef?

>

> Also, I would be careful about dealing with Jim Muckerheide.  He does take

> lightly people who disagree with him.

>

> Happy New Year to you, also.

> -- John

>

> John Jacobus, MS

> Certified Health Physicist

> 3050 Traymore Lane

> Bowie, MD 20715-2024

> jenday1@email.msn.com (H)

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net>

> To: "jenday1" <jenday1@email.msn.com>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:31 PM

> Subject: Re: Fw: Ship Yard Workers - John Boice

>

> John and Radsafers,

> Happy New Year!

>

> I believe 20002 will be happier for increasing recognition and treatment of

> emdef, deficiency of electromagnetic wave deficiency of higher frequency

> than the long-recognized need for sunshine.

>

> I predict for 2002, that, as rickets and vitamin D deficiency took a long

> time to be recognized (pallid ladies being popular just a century ago), and

> the

> risks of hypercholesterolemia became apparent only in the current epidemic

> of

> heart attacks, so, too, will emdef risks finally be recognized and treated -

> susceptibility to cancers and infections, slower wound healing (including

> surgical), and diminished longevity.

> . . .



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