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RE: 'Voting with feet' for/against Low vs. Hi Dose Rad! :-)
Stewart,
I take it that you believe that insects can detect radiation and not a
byproduct of the radiation. As the abstract Jim sent, the removal of the
woodlice antenna, i.e., olfactory organ, eliminated the response to the
radiation. Also, I never considered the Readers' Digest to be a reliable
scientific journal.
Have a nice weekend.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
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From: SAFarberMSPH@cs.com [mailto:SAFarberMSPH@cs.com]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:57 PM
To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: 'Voting with feet' for/against Low vs. Hi Dose Rad! :-)
Radsafe:
For what its worth. Insects/Spiders avoiding high radiation sources is a
long-standing observation. I recall being fascinated as a child [back in the
late 1950s or very early 60s at the latest] reading a very brief comment in
a respected radiation effects journal of the day, The Readers Digest to the
best of my recollection, that spiders will quickly move away from
radioactive sources introduced near them.
I remember being intrigued as to how spiders would sense the radiation
exposure, but the Readers Digest note gave no hint. I never did any
experiments with radiation and spiders, but did determine that spiders had a
hard time running from DDT.
Stewart Farber
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In a message dated 5/31/02 9:48:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov writes:
Subj:RE: 'Voting with feet' for/against Low vs. Hi Dose Rad! :-)
Date:5/31/02 9:48:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov (Jacobus, John (OD/ORS))
Sender: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Reply-to: jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov (Jacobus, John (OD/ORS))
To: jmuckerheide@cnts.wpi.edu ('Jim Muckerheide'),
radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu, rad-sci-l@ans.ep.wisc.edu
Jim,
I am a little confused. How does the woodlice detect the radiation? By
smell? If that is the case, does the woodlice detect radiation or some
byproduct, like ozone?
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