RE: Gardner Sellafield cluster [was : reply to Cedervall ]

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

>If you recall my message context, I was suggesting that uranium

accumulation in testicles explains the cancer incidence increase

in children of exposed fathers.



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Emphasize the word "suggesting" above. If you suggested that - where is the 

publication where you discuss these cancer clusters in the context of sites 

where there are no nuclear activities, or nuclear activities where there are 

no clusters?



The chain of events:

1. uptake

2. accumulation in the testes

3. DNA damage

4. sperm carrying damage winning the swim contest to fertilize an egg

5. the fertilized egg and subsequent embryo being unaffected (and not 

aborted) by some mutation 6. that same mutation having enough of statistical 

penetrance to appear as a detectable increase in cancer



you suggest is farfetched, considering alternative explanations - in 

addition take a look at the corresponding RERF work. There is too much 

biology you need to explain to establish your suggestion.



Childhood cancers are mainly ALL, brain tumors and lymphomas (the other 

cancers are extremely rare and at least some of them have a genetic 

component) . When you write "cancer" you thus also suggest that it is about 

brain tumors and lymphomas - have those been discussed in the Sellafield 

context?



My personal reflections only,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com





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