Re: Low Level Radiation Conference Nov 8-10

[David W Lee <lee_david_w@lanl.gov>]

RADSAFERS:

        The title of this international conference seems to presume that "low-level" ionizing radiation causes injuries detrimental to the individual sustaining the low-level dose such that medical countermeasures are "necessary."  The implication is that low-level ionizing radiation causes clinically manifest injuries for which medical countermeasures or medical intervention ought to be developed/considered/implemented.  I checked the URL web site below, but was unable to discern what injuries are caused by "low-level" ionizing radiation exposure.

        Could perhaps RADSAFER Carol Marcus or any other RADSAFER elucidate this puzzled peon as to what "injuries" are caused by "low-level" ionizing radiation that merit either medical intervention or the development of medical countermeasures?  Like virtually all Radsafers, I am aware of the acute radiation syndrome and that the LD (50/30) for humans is in the neighborhood of 500 rem whole-body dose equivalent; however, I presume that the use in the conference title of the term "low-level" implies whole-body dose equivalents considerably less that 500 rem.

        Thank-you.  Best regards  David 





At 03:23 PM 09/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:

> International Conference on Low-Level
> Radiation Injury and Medical
> Countermeasures, November 8-10, 1999, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Sponsored
> by
> Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 
>
> Poster abstract deadline: September 30 
>
> For further information: 
>
> http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/conference/events.htm
>
> Conference Secretariat, c/o Dr. Tom Seed, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research
> Institute, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600 USA, Tel:
> 301-295-3596, Fax: 301-295-6503, E-mail: Seed@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil 
>
> We welcome your posting this announcement on your respective web sites, etc.
>
>
> There is a limit to the number of participants that can register, so we
> invite an early registration.
> ---------------------------------
> Mark H. Whitnall, Ph.D.
> Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
> whitnall@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil
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DAVID W. LEE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Radiation Protection Services, ESH-12
X-Ray/Source Control Team Leader
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