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Re: Award offer
Jerry,
Could you provide a scientific description of why Dr. Puskin's findings (that
the inverse association noted between average county radon concentrations and
lung cancer is also found with other smoking related cancers)is invalid?
Bill Field
http://myprofile.cos.com/Fieldrw
> Wes, et al,
> To me, your assessment of Puskin's paper seems too kind. Puskin's "analysis"
> appears to be little more than a slick attempt to obfuscate its fundamental lack
> of logic.
> When you cut through all the crap, to buy his conclusions you have to accept
> the notion that radon levels somehow affect smoking habits. I have a bridge I'd
> like to sell to anyone who finds that plausible. Jerry
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wesley
> To: epirad@mchsi.com ; 'Carl Miller' ; 'radsafe'
> Cc: 'BERNARD L COHEN' ; Wesley R. Van Pelt
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 7:26 AM
> Subject: RE: Award offer
>
>
> To Bill Field and Radsafe,
>
>
>
> Dr. Puskin has contributed an interesting and valuable paper addressing
> "Cohen's discrepancy," i.e., Cohen's negative county level association between
> radon and lung cancer. Puskin shows that respiratory system cancers correlate
> negatively with radon, but other cancers do not. He then assumes that this is
> due to smoking (i.e., the smoke causes respiratory system cancers but not other
> cancers). He then implies that, for some reason, radon is higher in counties
> where smoking is lower. He offers no data demonstrating why this would be so.
>
>
>
> I can think of no reason why radon would be robustly and consistently higher
> in counties where smoking is lower. To me, this is an implausible association.
>
>
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> Bill Field's implication that Dr. Puskin has explained Dr. Cohen's discrepancy
> and deserves the award is premature.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wes
>
> Wesley R. Van Pelt, PhD, CIH, CHP
>
> Wesley R. Van Pelt Associates, Inc.
>
> http://home.att.net/~wesvanpelt/Radiation.html
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> wesvanpelt@att.net
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> > Carl,
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> >
>
> > Since Dr. Puskin is a federal employee, he likely can not accept a reward
>
> > offer. However, a donation to the American Cancer Society could be made
>
> > in
>
> > his name.
>
> >
>
> > Regards, Bill Field
>
> > epirad@mchsi.com
>
>
>
>
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