RE: Supplementary radiation

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

As long as you don't work at a facility where it would be detected as a

source of contamination.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@prodigy.net]

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:42 PM

To: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net; Jack_Earley@RL.gov

Cc: franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT; sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET;

radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Supplementary radiation





A few years ago there was a string on radsafe on determining the best means

of supplying supplementary radiation to those unfortunate people who reside

in radiation deficient areas.

My favorite is adding tritium to drinking water supplies. Advantages would

include ease of controlling the dose, uniform distribution in the body, and

relatively low cost. Those who subscribe to the LNT religion, could simply

drink untritiated water.









----- Original Message -----

From: <hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net>

To: <Jack_Earley@RL.GOV>

Cc: <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>; <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>;

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:12 AM

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





Dear Jack and other radsafers,

"Radiation deficiency" is suggested by Cameron as a better understood name

for

the deficiency disease ("radef" for short?). That might include rickets, the

bone growth disruption from lack of calcium absorbtion from vit. D

deficiency

from lack of sunshine. Numerous ecologic (mountain state cancer rates vs

gulf

coast cancer rates) animal experiments in wound healing, cancer resistance

and

infection resistance, etc are defining radef (or whatever).



Most HPs are better qualified than most MDs to prescribe individual packages

under bed, Co60 enriched bedsprings, etc, depending on developing data like

effect of age and individual application like time in that bed.

Would you rather radiation enrichment (perhaps uranium rock like Cameron has

in

his bed) be sold at the grocery, like vitamins?



Howard Long







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