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RE: Radiation Hormesis
I believe that DOE is sponsoring funding for research
in low dose effects. See
http://www.ans.org/pi/news/index.cgi?d=987026192
half-way down the page.
--- "Flood, John" <FloodJR@NV.DOE.GOV> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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