howard long <hlong@pacbell.net> wrote:
"Healthy worker" selection is the reason controls were other shipyard workers, seemingly identical to the subjects in all respects other than radiation exposure, in the NSWS.It is a fact that <0.5 rem from work exposure above coast background (c 0.014mR/hour on my GC here), they could not confirm biologic effect, good or bad. That is much lower than the 10 rem/year you stated earlier, JJ. I propose 1.0 mrem/hr from under matress 8 hrs/day or c 3.0 rem/year (equal to a couple of CTs). Like salt, bread, or sunshine, dose determines benefit or harm. Let's test it. We already have stage 1 trial (the dose at which there is no harm). Many need more convincing evidence of benefit, stage 3 trial. We need to learn the best dose, as with any medicine.Howard Long. . .
Howard,
I await the results of your study.