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Re: Surviving a Dirty Bomb



It's available on the NRC Web page, or at:



http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/4825fnl.pdf



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com



Franz Schoenhofer wrote:



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>

> An: maury <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>

> Cc: Bud Yard <Bud.Yard@state.tn.us>; mlantz33@CYBERTRAILS.COM

> <mlantz33@CYBERTRAILS.COM>; loc@icx.net <loc@icx.net>;

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Datum: Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2002 13:39

> Betreff: Re: Surviving a Dirty Bomb

>

> >Current FDA guidance concludes that, "...studies following the Chernobyl

> accident support the etiologic role of relatively small doses of radioiodine

> in the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer among exposed children.

> Furthermore, it appears that the increased risk occurs with a relatively

> short latency.  Finally, the Polish experience supports the use of KI as a

> safe and effective means by which to protect against thyroid cancer ..."

> ("Guidance - Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation

> Emergencies," FDA, December 2001)

> ----------------------------------------------------------

>

> Bill, could you give a reference, where on the net I could retrieve this FDA

> guidance? While it is well documented and known (and only disputed by

> hardliners), that the occurrance of thyroid cancer especially in children in

> the vicinity of Chernobyl exceeded the expected one by far, I do not

> understand the "Polish experience". In some (relatively small) areas of

> Poland KI was adminstered. These areas were not exposed to any higher Ievels

> of I-131 than a large area of the "rest of Europe", including Austria, where

> no KI was used. I do not know of any reports, that claim enhanced thyroid

> cancer incidence in children or grown-ups in the "rest of Europe", not even

> from those groups that would correspond to those of my good foe and friend

> Norman Cohen.

>

> So, can anyone enlighten me, what the "Polish experience" is? Any data? Any

> facts? Any explanations?

>

> Best regards,

>

> Franz



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