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Article #2475Re: PBS Frontline, April 22
From: Mike Baker
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00
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In article <5ij20f$c9n@dazzle.etsu-tn.edu> JOHN LOCKARD <ZJKL10@east-tenn-st.edu> writes: > > > Do you believe that people should be completely isolated from > > anything radoactive? > > Some things are just not matters for belief. If radiation exposure > causes chromosomal damage, cancer, and death then reducing ones exposure > seems a logical course of action. I haven't seen any scientific studies > showing radiation to be healthy. > Then you should read a little more widely. Try starting with the books on radiation hormesis by Luckey. Published by CRC Press. Also, search the journal Health Physics on the same subject. I believe they did an entire issue on hormesis a number of years ago. I am personally skeptical of the hormesis theories but there are dozens of scientific studies that show evidence of this and they shouldn't be ignored. Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Baker, P.E. baker@groves.neep.wisc.edu Engineering Research Bldg.,1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107e5d,5d09b1c3e4833d45 X-Google-Attributes: gid107e5d,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,5d09b1c3e4833d45 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: 106b5d,5d09b1c3e4833d45 X-Google-Attributes: gid106b5d,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,5d09b1c3e4833d45 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: 10607c,5d09b1c3e4833d45 X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public From: baker@nucst9.neep.wisc.edu (Mike Baker) Subject: Re: PBS Frontline, April 22 Date: 1997/04/11 Message-ID: <5imdmn$428m@news.doit.wisc.edu> X-Deja-AN: 234256016 References: <5ieihj$b7q$1@news8.gte.net> <01bc44ff$93b51a40$01a045cf@deanmachine> <5ij20f$c9n@dazzle.etsu-tn.edu> Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; College of Engineering Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.environment,ca.environment,rec.org.mensa,alt.org.sierra-club