[ RadSafe ] Re: Radiation deficiency remediation

[Jay Caplan]

Dr. Cohen,
With a 10 day biological half life, what amount would deliver 1 rem? Is the
fact that tritium only emits a low voltage beta a deficiency vis anticipated
hormesis compared to x-ray or gamma?
Thanks
Jay Caplan

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Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Re: Radiation deficiency remediation


> Some answers to questions regarding RDS (Radiation Deficiency Syndrome)
>
> Q: What is the optimal dose for humans?
> A: Optimal dose would be subject to individual differences, but would
likely
> range somewhere between 1.0 and 10.0 rem/a
>      (0.01 and 0.1 Sv/a). If a single value is desired, probably 3.0 rem/a
> (0.03Sv/a) would suffice.
>
> Q: How to identify those with radiation deficiency?
> A: Just about everybody, except perhaps residents of Ramsar or Kerala.
(see
> previous answer)
>
> Q: How about Potassium for supplementary radiation?
> A: No good! Specific activity level too low for internal application
(would
> need too much)--- also could screw up electrolyte
>       balance. For external, also not good---see discussion by Howard Long
>
> Q: Just move to Denver?
> A: Why bother. It would only get you a small fraction of the way toward
> optimal dose level.
>
> Q: X-rays?
> A; Not uniform, inconvenient, and expensive
>
> Q: Why supplementary radiation via Tritium?
> A: It is cheap, abundant, can be easily distributed as water, and is
> naturally occuring (for those who like "organic" isotopes.)
>     --- if its natural, it must be good!
>
>