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Re: The "right" answer
John Jacobus wrote:
>
> The doses averaged dose was 90 mGy. I think 90 mSv (9
> rem) is pretty low. What do you consider low dose?
>
Hundreds of mrem up to 1 rem for sure low dose. ie. The range that
keeps most of us busy fretting over full time.
> --- Ted de Castro <tdc@xrayted.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Furthermore, what are some of the long-term
> > effects of
> > > LDR? LDR has certainly shown to be beneficial in
> > some
> > > cases. However, I am sure you remember the
> > studies of
> > > children irradiated for Tinea capitis (ringworm).
> > > Irradiation cured their infection, but at the
> > price of
> > > increased cancer. Another case of "exordinary
> > claim"
> > > of a cure.
> >
> > Irrelevant. Those were by no stretch of the
> > imagination "low" doses.
>
> =====
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail: crispy_bird@yahoo.com
>
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