Re: Ecologic Limitations

[hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

John,

I, too, believe that radon causes lung cancer  - in the dose a few

miners got.

Consistently with dose effect of most medicines (too much is poison) and

dose effect of sunshine (a few minutes a day directly to face and hands

preventing rickets, but 100x that giving sunburn and melanoma), I also

believe that radon in homes with 1- 5 pCi/l mitigates lung cancer risk,

compared with less than 1/10 that dose.



Nature seems consistently non-linear. One can get too much of good

things, including ionizing radiation. I believe that demonizing it

deprives people of this choice of faster wound healing and better

resistance to infections, cancers and allergies. How about low dose I,

Zn, poison oak antigen and sunshine for psoriasis? Why this LNT

inconsistency with accepted health prescription dosing?

Atom bomb hysteria?



Howard Long



John Williams wrote:



> Dr. Long,

>

> In response to your question, yes I do believe radon causes lung

> cancer.  Others like the Surgeon General, American Cancer Society,

> etc support the position that radon causes lung cancer.  In fact, if

> you check it is listed as a Class A Carcinogen.

>

> Sent by Law  Mail



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