[ RadSafe ] gonad temperature is a minor influence

[Syd H. Levine]

Are you sure?  Perhaps we need an anti-pants movement,  Then when the 
anti-nuke movement runs out of steam, there will be a new religion ready to 
replace it!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Salsman" <james at bovik.org>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] gonad temperature is a minor influence


> The number of genetic mutations caused by wearing pants,
> even full time, would not begin to approach the 1300%
> increase in chromosome abnormalities observed in soldiers
> exposed to uranium munitions fumes.
>
> L. Ehrenberg, G. von Ehrenstein, A. Hedgram, "Gonad
> Temperature and Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Man," Nature.
> 1957 Dec 21; 180 (4599): 1433-4.
>
> Sincerely,
> James Salsman
>
>
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