Low Dose Radiation on NPR, Details

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>]

This will be on Talk of the Nation: Science FridayŽ this afternoon, 2-4 pm

ET,  hosted by NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow.   According to the

schedule it will be the first half of the 2-hour show broadcast live from

the AAAS convention in Boston.  But that may change, so it could start at

either 2 pm or 3 pm.  The call-in number is 1-800-989-8255.  There is also a

"Listeners Lounge" feature which includes an internet message board.  That

requires pre-registration, which takes about 2 minutes.



This article is listed as a subject of discussion:  "Barcellos-Hoff and

Ravani. Irradiated Mammary Stroma Promotes Tumorigenic Potential of

Unirradiated Cells, Cancer Research 60:1254-1260, 2000"



Here is the initial link and a copy of the content from the link.  At the

bottom of the page is another link for more details.



http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=02/15/2002&PrgID=5



Talk of the Nation

Entire program for February 15, 2002



Listen to individual stories:



Low Dose Radiation



Guests:

Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff

* Group Leader, Cancer and Tissue Biology

* Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Division

* Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

* Berkeley, California



Antone Brooks

* Science Advisor

* Department of Energy's Low Dose Radiation Research Program

* Professor, Radiation Toxicology

* Washington State University Tri-Cities

* Richland, Washington



Sharon Friedman

* Chairperson, Advisory Committee

* Department of Energy's Low Dose Radiation Research Program

* Professor and Director, Science and Environmental Writing Program

* Lehigh University

* Bethlehem, Pennsylvania



Seth Tuler

* Research Fellow, George Perkins Marsh Institute

* Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

* Researcher

* Social and Environmental Research Institute

* Leverett, Massachusetts



Scientists know that high levels of radiation pose a hazard to human health.

What they don't know for certain is the health risk from exposure to low

levels of radiation, such as from x-rays or some nuclear waste. In this

hour, broadcasting from the annual meeting of the American Association for

the Advancement of Science, we'll talk about how low doses of radiation

affect biological systems and human health. Plus, how people percieve

radiation risk, and involving the public in radiation policy decisions.





More details:

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2002/Feb/hour1_021502.html



Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com

2910 Main Street, Perry OH 44081





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