Re: Low dose radiation, or ...

[coltremb@rsvs.ulaval.ca (Colette Tremblay)]

Alex:

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>I even got a copy of
>the "Health Physics" issue devoted to radiation hormesis in
>humans.   I would suggest that those who are saying small
>amounts of radiation are *probably* good should read those
>papers.

Please give the reference? I am interested in reading them.

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>Radiation hormesis is proven for simple systems like plants,

Apart from Radiation safety, I work part time in plant molecular biology,
and I can tell you that plants are NOT a simple system: in fact some plant
species have HUGE genomes that constitute a big target and therefore should
be more susceptible to radiation damage. Now I think that relatively little
is known about DNA repair and apoptosis in plants (relative to mammals) and
the capacity for repairing radiation-induced damage can be very different
between plants and humans.

Colette Tremblay
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