RE: WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 4 Oct 02

[Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@LANL.GOV>]

At 12:10 AM 10/05/2002 -0700, Dukelow, James S Jr wrote:

>While it may be

>true that "All known cancer-inducing agents, including radiation, certain

>chemicals and a few viruses, act by breaking chemical bonds to produce

>mutant strands of DNA"



UV causes skin cancer but UV photons do not have enough energy to break 

bonds, at least not directly. Does anyone know how?



mike



Mike McNaughton

Los Alamos National Lab.

email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov

phone: 505-667-6130



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