Re: AW: Denver, BEWARE!

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

Am I reading this correctly, that the lower oxygen pressure may reduce 

cancer risk? Also, I think of the Eastern U.S. as a major center for 

medicine and medical research. I grew up in NYC so that may skew my 

perspective.



Cheers,



Richard



At 04:26 PM 12/18/2004 +0100, Franz Schönhofer wrote:

>Jim and RADSAFErs,

>

>Only now I recognized the link given in the mail below and got at once

>alarmed when seeing "gfstrahlenschutz.de". The socalled "Gesellschaft

>für Strahlenschutz" (or as they call themselves "Society for Radiation

>Protection" is  n o t  (!!!) a society which comprises the relevant

>experts and scientists in radiation protection, but a clearly

>anti-nuclear, anti-radioactivity, anti-scientific aggregation of

>agitators and self-declared experts. The only organisation representing

>German and Swiss internationally acknowledged scientists and experts is

>the "Fachverband fuer Strahlenschutz" (FS), which is also a member of

>IRPA of course. The Austrian Society for Radiation Protection, another

>member of IRPA and for which I am a member of the board is very often

>cooperating with FS.

>

>The name of this "Gesellschaft für Strahlenschutz" has been deliberately

>used to pretend an official character, like often words like

>"Institute", "Research Institute", "Association", "Independent" etc. are

>used.

>

>Look at their homepage - a part of information is also available in

>English, then you will recognize that the board is a "Who is who" in

>non-scientific antinuclear propaganda. Mrs. Schmitz-Feuerhake is one of

>the best known. She was very close to be expelled from her university,

>because it was found that in her antinuclear "research" she simply

>skipped data because they did not fit her intentions. She recently

>wanted to present a paper at an Austrian conference and her

>(anti-nuclear) contribution was refused, because the co-authors

>mentioned on her manuscript did not only not know about her submission

>but refused to support her conclusions. The real reason: Her paper

>lacked any scientific standard. She stands behind a "scientific" work on

>radioactivity close to a German NPP (the "Elbmarschen") which is so

>ridiculous that it might be good for a quiz for university students

>under the title "Find at least half of the 500 wrong "facts" described

>in this paper" within 30 minutes.

>

>Prof. Koehnlein is well known for his anti-nuclear engagement. He is not

>from the University of Muenster - he is retired. He was awarded for his

>anti-nuclear engagement by being appointed deputy head of the German

>Radiation Protection Commission when the outspoken anti-nuclear Minister

>Trittin from the Green Party changed the Radiation Protection Commission

>into a body satisfying his political attempts.

>

>I could go on, but I think it is not worth the time wasted.

>

>I hope this gives you a correct view on some facts. This is not a

>comment supporting hormesis!

>

>Franz Schoenhofer

>PhD, MR iR

>Habicherg. 31/7

>A-1160 Vienna

>AUSTRIA

>phone -43-0699-1168-1319

>

>

> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> > Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:owner-

> > radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] Im Auftrag von Jim Hoerner

> > Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Dezember 2004 03:52

> > An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> > Betreff: RE: Denver

> >

> > Comments on the following, anyone?

> >

> > I'd post the text, but the pdf is protected.  In part, it says,

>"...when

> > proper corrections are made for differences in oygen pressure [14],

> > demographic and socio-economic confounding factors such as... cancer

> > mortality _always increases_ with _increasing_ background exposures...

> >

> > Thanks in advance.

> >

> > Jim

> >

> > >From: "planetwarming" <planetwarming@yahoo.com>

> > >Reply-To: Know_Nukes@yahoogroups.com

> > >To: Know_Nukes@yahoogroups.com

> > >Subject: [Know_Nukes] Denver Re: High Uranium Levels Found in Troops

>and

> > >Civilians

> > >Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:36:21 -0000

> >

> > >Read the top of page two of this PDF:

> > >http://www.gfstrahlenschutz.de/docs/hormeng2.pdf

> >

> >

> > --

> > Hold the door for the stranger behind you. When the driver in the

>adjacent

> > lane signals to get over, slow down. Smile and say "hi" to the folks

>you

> > pass on the sidewalk. Give blood. Volunteer.

> >

> >





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