Re: "Hormetic" responses are intrinsic to biology

["John Jacobus" <jenday1@MSN.COM>]

Jim,

Thanks for the information.  I may have lost some of the original

information you sent.



I will look up the posting in your Web site, and will try and get the Rad

Research article when I get back to work.  Obviously, the information was

not suppressed if it was published.  As you may remember, there were charges

during the that experimental studies on humans were "suppressed."  Now you

can find the information on the Web at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre/.  The

real question is the relevancy to (1) scientific study and (2) regulations.

I try to keep the two separated, like common sense and laws passed by

Congress.



As for the NRC site, it is impossible to find any information that before

1998.  You cannot access archived material.  Even then, you have to know how

it is filed.  As an exercise in futility, check it out.  If you have any

other information, like dates or report names, let me know.  It may be lead

to the original testimony.



Again, I admire all the work you have done on your Web site.  Even if I do

not agree with your conclusions. I do think that there is a need to

critically look at this data.  (Maybe money could be given to the NCRP to

look at the data separtely from the LNT controversy.)  I believe that is how

science is about.  DOE's research efforts on low dose effects is probably an

outgrowth of this controversy.  Of course, regulatory changes are another

issue.



Have a good weekend.

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD 20715-2024

jenday1@email.msn.com (H)



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On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:59:59 -0400

Muckerheide wrote:



Oak Ridge calutron records show producing K-39 for biology experiments.

Charlie Willis reported personal knowledge on the March 1996 NRC transcript

(gave you the NRC web site URL). Argonne's 1980s paramecia experiments were

done with a vial from Oak Ridge dated 1962 contaminated by being recovered

from animal experiments. There's no question that Oak Ridge did the

experiments. The only question is whether Willis is right that they were not

reported because of the LNT. Since you didn't find any reports, why



If you're trying to imply that there's no K-39 data, we've been there before

also. The paramecia study at Argonne, Luckey, Rad Research, 1986, 108,

215-221. An extract is, again, on our web site. See the first item at:

http://cnts.wpi.edu/RSH/Data_Docs/1-3/2/132list.html

. . .



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