RE: Niagara, Franz, Kidneys around MED AEC sites

["Hall, David A." <halld@NV.DOE.GOV>]

Dear NN aka LR,

 

This commentary is offered in all seriousness. (Seriously!!!)

 

So, How many of these "kidney disease" cases have had bioassay for Uranium?

 

Likewise, how many "cases" have had post-mortem investigation of Uranium in

*any* organs?

 

Uranium is easy to detect at very low amounts with current analytical

technology, especially if you have a tissue sample (biopsy).

 

Today's Key words:  "bioassay" "biopsy"

 

Oh, I almost forgot.  When are *all* the dialysis patients in the region

going to be tested for Uranium exposure?

It seems to be to be an easy to find "smoking gun" for adverse health

effects.

 

David Hall

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Speaking, as I always do on radsafe, only for my own professional curiosity.

 



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From: NiagaraNet@AOL.COM [mailto:NiagaraNet@AOL.COM] 

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To: franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT; radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu

Cc: NiagaraNet@AOL.COM

Subject: Niagara, Franz, Kidneys around MED AEC sites





Re: RADSAFE Archive #1074



  Franz:   (After reading this, would you recommend an investigation?)



  Interestingly, kidney disease is being seen not only in the *surviving

workers in addition to their cancers, but also in the general population of

Western New York around the old MED AEC facilities. I find no surprise in

this. *See: Lewis Malcolm of Lockport, New York's MED AEC contractor,

Simonds Saw and Steel. While dying of cancer, Mr. Malcolm died of kidney

failure. I know who gave him his last dialysis treatment.



   You have made a very good, albeit obvious observation and salient point

about the areas in question, industrial activities involving the MED AEC and

the chemical toxicity of these heavy metals. I appreciate your keen

observation and comment that further supports my concerns, claims and

impressions about a subject I feel very intimate with. Thank you Franz.

Sincerely, Lou Ricciuti

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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 22:43:04 +0100

From: "Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>

Subject: AW: Bethlehem workers and Western NY State



- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Steven Dapra

Gesendet: Samstag, 27. März 2004 09:24

An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Betreff: Re: Bethlehem workers and Western NY State



March 27



    Posted by Louis Ricciuti (at the request of Marvin Resnikoff):

"Ingestion

of uranium would be much more effective in yielding a radiation dose to the

colon and stomach; several of these workers developed colon cancer."



    Is radiation exposure a known risk factor for colon cancer?

---------

Steven,



I wish you "good luck" for receiving an answer by Louis or Marvin....



It is more than well known - except for the anti-DU folks and some others

like Louis or Marvin - that uranium is by far more chemotoxic than it is

radiotoxic. The US drinking water regulations have a maximum concentration

level for uranium, based on mass and not on activity concentration. The mass

concentration of the US level corresponds to a much lower activity, than is

for instance in the European Union allowed for the activity concentration.

The EU has - unfortunately - no mass concentration based limits!



Before somebody would die of any cancer developed by uranium radiation

exposure, he or she would die of kidney failure. Uranium is a very poisonous

heavy metal and it acts like such one in the human body.



I thought better to stay out of the "Bethlehem"-discussion, but reading this

last contribution made me write.



If somebody who worked with uranium would claim, that he developed kidney

problems by the uptake of uranium I would understand it and recommend a

careful investigation. But radiation injuries caused by uranium without any

much more severe chemotoxic problems are simply ridiculous.



Franz



*****

References: Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center-Dialysis Unit (personal

interview), USA Today Newspaper-Sept. 6-8, 11, 2000, Lockport, New York,

Union Sun and Journal Newspaper, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists-July

August 2001.