Fw: letter to the editor

["jjcohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

In response to a recently published article on Radon in Popular Science, the following letter to the editor was sent:





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From: jjcohen 

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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:59 PM

Subject: letter to the editor





Re: Theodore Gray, "For that Healthy Glow, Drink Radiation" pg. 28, August, 2004 issue          of  Popular Science



Healthy Radiation



It is apparently inconceivable to Gray that ingesting a radioactive substance might actually improve one's health. In fact, it could! The effects of radiation exposure are largely dependent upon the dosage received. Certainly at sufficiently high dose, radiation can be deadly. However, there is a growing body of evidence that at certain low, but above background levels of exposure, it can be beneficial in nature. Those who drink Radon Water, or visit Radium Spas may not be so crazy after all. As is the case with other "harmful" agents, radioactivity follows the long-standing guidance that "the dose makes the poison".



Jerry Cohen