Re: Genetic Effects?

[garyi@trinityphysics.com]

As for evidence, I have read in several places that no genetic effects 

have ever been documented for humans.  The risk is assumed from 

animal and insect studies.



-Gary Isenhower



On 16 Nov 2004 at 10:17, Estabrooks, Bates (IHK) 

<estabrookshb@Y12.doe.gov> wrote:



> a primer on radiation in a sidebar on p. 6.  In it, the following

> statement is made: "Exposure to large amounts of ionizing radiation

> (on the order of hundreds of times the natural exposure levels)

> increases the risk of. . . genetic mutations that can be passed on to

> future generations."

> 

> Is there any evidence of this (genetic effects) in humans?

> 



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