Re: A good Hormetic Effect of Background Radiation is shown in a1973 AEC report.

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

There is probably more to cancer risks than just

background radiation.  That is why epidemiologist are

employed to evaluate the validity of the results.  



You may want to contact Keith Eckerman and ask him why

the report was not published.  He is at

eckermankf@ornl.gov



--- john cameron <jrcamero@wiscmail.wisc.edu> wrote:



> 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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John Jacobus, MS

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