A good Hormetic Effect of Background Radiation is shown in a 1973AEC report.

[john cameron <jrcamero@wiscmail.wisc.edu>]

Colleagues, It is unfortunate that for some unforeseen reason the 

authors of the following report did not publish the results in a 

scientific journal:

Frigerio, N.A., Eckerman, K.F. and Stowe, R.S. (1973) Carcinogenic

Hazard from Low-Level, Low-Rate Radiation, Part I, Rep. ANL/ES-26.

Argonne Nat. Lab

	It shows that the six states with the highest background have 

a cancer death rate 15% lower than the average for all the states. 

The statistical certainty appears to be better than about 5 std dev. 

The authors obviously planned to publish their results as reference 

#24 in their report is to themselves as "to be published".  I have a 

copy of the report I received from the first author about 25 years 

ago. s

	I am currently trying to get a copy of the report on 

Interlibrary loan from ANL.

Best wishes,

  John Cameron





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