RE: AW: Denver, BEWARE!

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

Hello, Wes,



Thank you for the response. I am curious how the confounding effects of 

various atmospheric pollutants were corrected. Forgive me if that's covered 

in the paper, as an amateur here (yes, another one--though I've been around 

here for about two years) I don't have easy access to the paper. It seems 

interesting to discuss the carcinogenic effects of oxygen--the basis for 

mammalian life. When I visited the Dead Sea area a decade or so ago, I met 

several people there from other parts of Europe who were there on the 

advice from their doctors due to the increased air pressure.



Cheers,



Richard



At 09:33 AM 12/19/2004 -0500, Wesley wrote:

>Richard and All,

>

>In my recent paper, "EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS AMONG LUNG CANCER, RADON

>EXPOSURE AND ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL-A REASSESSMENT OF COHEN'S COUNTY

>LEVEL RADON STUDY", (Health Physics Journal, October 2003) I show that at

>higher altitudes the county average lung cancer rate goes down. The

>following sentence is from the paper's conclusion section:

>

>         It has been demonstrated, within the limits of adequate correction

>for the effects of smoking, that higher lung cancer rate is correlated with

>a lower altitude above sea level, and it is speculated that this is due to

>the carcinogenic effect of oxygen in inspired air.

>

>Best regards,

>Wes

>Wesley R. Van Pelt, PhD, CIH, CHP

>

>

>

>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





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