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Re: Hormesis: The Power of Poison - Feature in UMASS Alumni Monthly
I think it is interesting the Dr. Calabrese does not
advocate the use of hormesis in the development of
regulations.
--- Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net> wrote:
> Hi all:
> There is a very interesting article in the Spring
> 2004 issue of the UMASS Alumni Mag about Dr. Edward
> Calabrese's [Professor in the Dept. of Environmental
> Health Science at UMASS] research in hormesis and
> its
> growing respectablity in the toxicology community.
>
> See link below:
>
>
http://www.umassmag.com/Spring_2004/The_Power_of_Poison_613.html
>
> Excerpt:
> "Although Calabrese found hormetic response
> intriguing, he did not make it a central issue in
> his
> scientific career over the next two decades. It was
> not until 1985 that a conference on radiation
> hormesis
> (it appears that large doses of radiation can
> promote cancer growth, but small doses can help the
> body
> fight off the disease) revived his interest in those
> poison-loving peppermint plants. By 1990, the health
>
> benefits of toxic chemicals had become his main
> professional preoccupation.
>
> He?s aware that scientific findings can often be
> distorted in public policy debates and that his
> research
> could be co-opted by political and industrial
> partisans who never met an anti-pollution law they
> didn?t
> hate. ?My role,? he says, ?is to provide the best
> science possible. The implications are huge and
> they?re
> really just beginning to be known.? Beyond any
> impact on environmental policy and medical practice,
> he sees
> hormesis as the key to a more profound understanding
> of the human body. ?This occurs in every cell, every
>
> organ, every whole organism,? he says. ?It speaks to
> our basic biology.?
> ===============
>
> Stewart Farber, MSPublic Health [UMass School of
> Public Health '73]
>
>
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