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RE: Article in Dec 02 Discover
Ted,
Thanks for the "heads-up." I will circulate the articles at my place when
it shows up.
I would suggest that we send copies of this information to our Congressional
representatives. While I do not believe that hormesis should be used in
drafting regulatory limits for occupational workers, I think that it is time
for the EPA to look at this issue, since it applies to toxic and hazardous
waste, as well as ionizing radiation. Since Congress controls the money,
that should be the way we should go. At least it will people to start
thinking.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Rockwell [mailto:tedrock@CPCUG.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:59 PM
To: RADSAFE
Cc: NEI-Scott Peterson; Wigmore, Mike
Subject: Article in Dec 02 Discover
Friends:
The December 02 issue of "Discover," a mainstream popular science magazine
put out by a Disney subsidiary, has a cover story on "Is a Little Radiation
Good for You?" featuring Ed Calabrese, and mentioning Sagan, Pollycove, and
the Montana spas. It's not THE cover story, but it's 8 full continuouds
pages, with its title headlined across the top of the cover. Oddly enough,
the snailmail copy arrived today, but the discover.com page still calls
November the Current Issue. However, I would expect you can read it there
soon.
There are some great quotes. One that is pulled out and displayed boldly in
a sidebar: "I have so much data--this is so overwhelmingly convincing--that
I don't think anyone rational could deny that hormesis exists." This is
quoting Ed, of whom they write: "what has earned him the respect of
government regulators, scientific collaborators, and thousands of
subscribers to his newsletter--is both his method and his background." They
quote a former director of the EPA science advisory board, Donald Barnes:
"He's a mainstream toxicologist. Everyone knows him. He is not a flake.
And everyone respects the work he has done.
Then they quote Calabrese again. "Today we have 4,500 cases showing what we
believe to be hormesis. If you see this pattern again and again and again,
you really can't ignore it." Later he says, "It's time for the EPA to
develop a new paradigm for setting exposure limits...Before advising
homeowners and townships to spend fortunes on removing radon and arsenic,
the EPA should analyze the actual data on low-level exposures."
. . .
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