Re:The Petkau Effec

[Eric Cowdrey <ericc@mctrf.mb.ca>]

Regarding the question about Dr. Petkau's present whereabouts, he is
presently practicing medicine at the Pinawa Medical Clinic in Pinawa,
Manitoba Canada.
I am sure he would be happy to answer any questions about his previous
scientific work (telephone 204-753-2351).

At 11:16 AM 1/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>> Petkau's work is often trotted out by Ernest Sternglass and his 
>> devotees to "prove" that low-level radiation is far more damaging than 
>> is believed. 
>> Sternglass, referring to Petkau said in a May, 1974 NY Times op piece 
>> that "these studies now explain the earlier findings of surprisingly 
>> large health effects on human and animal populations exposed to low 
>> levels of fallout as an indirect chemical effect of radiation on 
>> cell membranes rather than in terms of direct action to the genes in 
>> a nucleus of a cell".
>
>For a discussion of Petkau's work and Sternglass' "interpretation" of it,
see 
>pages 463-469 of the BEIR III report (that's the 1980 US National Academy of 
>Science report on low level non-ionizing radiation, not the current one).
>
>> I have all this info on Petkau because someone here tried to use the 
>> same research against us.
>
>Same here.  Sternglass is still using this argument.
>
>> I wonder what Petkau himself has to say 
>> about how his work has been used in the least 20 years.
>
>I haven't seen anything from Petkau since a 1988 paper in IJRB.  Anyone know 
>whether Dr Petkau is still around?
>
>
>
>John Moulder (jmoulder@its.mcw.edu)
>
>
>

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Eric Cowdrey
Radiation Protection Officer
Department of Medical Physics
Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
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