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Re: letter to the editor
Jerry,
Do YOU drink radon saturated water? If not why? If
it is so good, price should not be an object to you.
--- jjcohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET> wrote:
> MessageBill,
> You can inform inquiring minds that:
> 1) the more they drink, the healthier they will
> become up to the point they achieve "optimal dose"
> level (somewhere between ~10 and 100 rem/a
> equivalent). They probably can't drink that much
> radon water, but it might be worth a try. The
> optimal dose level would likely vary among
> individuals, but since current allowable dose limits
> would preclude reaching optimal dose, it's probably
> not important.
> 2) Via ingestion or inhalation? Whatever way one
> reaches optimal dose level, they will be better
> off, but care should be taken to avoid exceeding
> optimal dose level where one might get into the
> harmful dose range. One can check with their
> friendly Health Physicist who will know all about
> these harmful radiation effects.
> I think that is about all that inquiring minds
> really need to know. Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kolb, William (WKOLB)
> To: 'jjcohen' ; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:43 PM
> Subject: RE: letter to the editor
>
>
> Jerry,
>
> Theo Gray is quite aware of homesis and the
> swirling controversy. As soon as you are able to
> tell Revigator owners how many glasses a day they
> need to drink for maximum health benefit, we'd all
> like to know. One difficulty is discriminating
> between what "may" be beneficial from what "is"
> beneficial. Another question is whether radiation
> from drinking radon water is qualitatively different
> from breathing radon or relaxing in a radon spa.
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> bill
> WM Kolb
> ARINC Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] On Behalf
> Of jjcohen
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:03 PM
> To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Fw: letter to the editor
>
>
> In response to a recently published article on
> Radon in Popular Science, the following letter to
> the editor was sent:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jjcohen
> To: letters@popsci.com
> 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
>
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