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RE: Low Level Radiation Conference Nov 8-10
(Response from the Conference organizer, Tom Seed): The conference will
discuss low level radiation as defined in the military context: up to about
700 mGy. The main medical consequences would be long term effects, such as
cancer, fibrosis, chronic immune suppression or reproductive anomalies.
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Mark H. Whitnall, Ph.D.
AFRRI, Bethesda, MD 20889-5603
whitnall@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil
www.afrri.usuhs.mil
301-295-9262
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carol marcus [mailto:csmarcus@ucla.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 1:19 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Low Level Radiation Conference Nov 8-10
>
>
> At 12:00 AM 9/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
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> >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
> >>************************************************************
> ************
> >>The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and
> subscription
> >>information can be accessed at
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> >
> >
> >DAVID W. LEE
> >Los Alamos National Laboratory
> >Radiation Protection Services, ESH-12
> >X-Ray/Source Control Team Leader
> >PO Box 1663, MS K483
> >Los Alamos, NM 87545
> >PH: (505) 667-8085
> >FAX: (505) 667-9726
> >lee_david_w@lanl.gov
> >
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> >
> ><html>
> ><font size=3>RADSAFERS:<br>
> ><br>
> ><x-tab> </x-ta
> b>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.<br>
> ><br>
> ><x-tab> </x-tab>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.<br>
> ><br>
> ><x-tab> </x-ta
> b>Thank-you.
> >Best regards David <br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >At 03:23 PM 09/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:<br>
> ><blockquote type=cite cite>International Conference on Low-Level
> >Radiation Injury and Medical<br>
> >Countermeasures, November 8-10, 1999, Bethesda, Maryland,
> USA. Sponsored
> >by<br>
> >Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute <br>
> ><br>
> >Poster abstract deadline: September 30 <br>
> ><br>
> >For further information: <br>
> ><br>
> ><a href="http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/conference/events.htm";
> eudora="autourl">http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/conference/eve
> nts.htm</a>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >Conference Secretariat, c/o Dr. Tom Seed, Armed Forces Radiobiology
> Research<br>
> >Institute, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600
> USA, Tel:<br>
> >301-295-3596, Fax: 301-295-6503, E-mail: Seed@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil <br>
> ><br>
> >We welcome your posting this announcement on your respective
> web sites,
> etc.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >There is a limit to the number of participants that can
> register, so we<br>
> >invite an early registration.<br>
> >---------------------------------<br>
> >Mark H. Whitnall, Ph.D.<br>
> >Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD<br>
> >whitnall@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil<br>
> >*************************************************************
> ***********<br>
> >The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and
> subscription<br>
> >information can be accessed at <a
> href="http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/%7Erad/radsafe.html";
> eudora="autourl">http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html</a>
> </font></block
> quote><br>
> >
> ><br>
> ><font size=3>DAVID W. LEE<br>
> >Los Alamos National Laboratory<br>
> >Radiation Protection Services, ESH-12<br>
> >X-Ray/Source Control Team Leader<br>
> >PO Box 1663, MS K483<br>
> >Los Alamos, NM 87545<br>
> >PH: (505) 667-8085<br>
> >FAX: (505) 667-9726<br>
> >lee_david_w@lanl.gov<br>
> ></font></html>
> >
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> >
>
> Dear David and
> Other Radsafers:
>
> I caught the same interpretation initially, and then realized
> that it could
> mean "low level radiation damage", which would be caused by
> moderately HIGH
> levels of radiation absorbed dose, as opposed to "damage caused by low
> levels of radiation". I don't honestly know which meaning
> applies, but
> given the source, which is a reputable group, I assumed that
> it referred to
> low level burns, etc., which would be caused by moderately
> high levels of
> absorbed dose. Perhaps AFRRI can clear it up.
>
> Ciao, Carol
>
> Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
> <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>
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