RE: Radiation Hormesis

["Flood, John" <FloodJR@NV.DOE.GOV>]

I had the good fortune of hearing Dr. Lucky speak on this subject - most

entertaining, in addition to being informative - he made his case very well.

Given the low dose levels at which hormesis may exist, it seems to me that a

definitive study to prove or disprove the theory would require test and

control populations that should be impossibly large, and thus the study can

never be done.  That would mean that hormesis is destined to remain no more

than a theory.  Do others concur on this?  Or might there be a way to test

for and prove/disprove hormesis in humans?



Bob Flood

NTS Dosimetry





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From: jjcohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET] 

Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:57 PM

To: Franz Schoenhofer; RuthWeiner@AOL.COM; "Joan Stovall"; "Karl Ellison";

radsafe-digest@list.Vanderbilt.Edu

Subject: Re: Radiation Hormesis



    In following this string on "radiation hormesis" it occurs to me that

there must be some radsafers who are reasonably familiar with the scientific

evidence supporting hormesis, but are unconvinced that it is a valid

phenomenon.

    Just out of curiosity, I wonder what kind, or quality of evidence would

it take to convince you that hormesis is for real and ought to be taken

seriously in formulating radiation policies? Would anyone care to take a

crack at that?



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