[ RadSafe ] Re: Radiation is good for you

[Susan Gawarecki]

This question hasn't bothered the EPA much regarding experiments with 
chemical compounds on animals; they just extrapolate human risk based on 
the dose:weight ratio.  If there's a varience between species (such as 
the different effects of PCBs on hamsters and guinea pigs) then they 
choose the most affected species.  This is the conservative approach in 
the absence of experimental data on humans.

So, what study design would you suggest to definatively determine 
whether or not there is a hormesis effect at low exposures?

Susan G

John Jacobus wrote:

>Of course, the big question is does this relate to human
>populations.  
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