[Peace-discuss] Nucear radiation

[C. G. Estabrook]

You should also read the argument set off by Ann Coulter's attack on "nuclear 
health hysteria" <http://www.anncoulter.com/>:

"In response to my column last week about hormesis -- the theory that some 
radiation can be beneficial to humans -- liberals reacted with their usual 
open-minded examination of the facts..."

On 3/27/11 12:05 PM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> For those interested, entranced or obsessed, three references (below). Partial 
> antidotes to nuclear  health hysteria. The abstracts to these give the basic 
> information. Consult wikipedia for more…[Health and nuclear radiation]
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> Quoting a friend physicist from Argonne National Laboratory:
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>      There are many reputable papers on this subject.  I
> refer you in particular to the two attached PDFs:
> "Nuclear Energy and Health", and  "Joint Report of
> he Académie des Sciences (Paris) and of the Académie
> Nationale de Médecine."  Excerpt from the latter:
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>> "In summary, animal experiments show the existence of a dose below which no 
>> excess
>> in tumour incidence is detectable, which suggests the existence of a 
>> practical threshold.
>> Furthermore, most of the dose–effect relationships are not linear but rather 
>> linear-quadratic
>> or quadratic, and a hormesis is observed in about 40% of the experiments. The
>> existence of a threshold is particularly obvious following contamination by 
>> á-emitter
>> radionuclides. It is of interest that the same observation is made in humans, 
>> because it
>> shows that animal data can provide useful information for humans."
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>      You might also be interested in this:
> http://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf.
>
> --mkb
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