Re: Radiation on Southern India Coast

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	It seems to me that saying that low level radiation makes people
immune to the hazards  of radiation is completely equivalent to
supporting hormesis. 

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


On Thu, 13 May 1999 tmohaupt@wright.edu wrote:

> Isn't it interesting that the respondents to the Kerala cancer study 
> suggest that the people in the region have some how become inured to 
> the hazard of radiation rather than questioning the validity of the 
> model of risk that suggests radiation exposures at such levels 
> presents an added risk?
> Tom Mohaupt, MS, CHP
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