Re: Questions -Reply

[Scott Siebert <SIEBSR@doe-md.gov>]

Wow, are we all really THAT paranoid?  This young lady never stated
that she believed that nuclear power plants and/or waste sites caused
breast cancer.  For all we know, she may end up proving just the
opposite, but all she did was ask for assistance in her research on
ENVIRONMENTAL links to breast cancer.

Let's not imagine an attack where none is apparent.

Scott R. Siebert
BWXT Mound Internal Dosimetry
siebsr@doe-md.gov

Dear Amanda:

>Pick another research project.  You're dead wrong.  Doses of radiation
>much, much higher than anyone gets from a nuclear power plant have
>been shown to DECREASE breast cancer (the Canadian breast cancer
>study).  Only moderate to high doses increase it.  You obviously don't
>know anything about nuclear power plants, but the MAXIMUM yearly
>radiation dose to a member of the public is 25 mrem.  The average
>background radiation in the USA is 300 mrem per year; it is around 500
>mrem in Denver, 600-700 mrem in Colorado ski areas, and about 900
>mrem per year in Copper City, Colo.  You get 1 mrem for every 1000
>miles or so flown in an airplane. 

>Pick another research project.  

>Ciao, Carol

>Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
><csmarcus@ucla.edu>

>Hello,
>
>My name in Amanda Graham and I am a Journalism student researching
>environmental links to breast cancer.  I was wondering if anyone could
>help me find information on cancer rates in North America in locations
>around nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites. Any information
>would be very helpful.
>
>Thank you,
>Amanda
>


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