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Rod,
Yes, there was a big crowd to hear my
presentation at the CNS conference today, including Clarence Hardy from
Australia, Bruno Combi from EFN. The response of the audience
was very positive. I was asked to
comment on today's news about Health Canada's desire to lower
its limit for radon concentration from 800 to 200 Bq/m^3. I
mentioned many beneficial health effects, following exposures to radon in
Misasa, that were measured by Japanese scientists and the thousands of
people suffering from arthritis who get relief after breathing radon in the old
uranium mines in Montana.
Unfortunately, a presentation followed by a World
Nuclear Association representative, who tried to explain what the ICRP was
trying to accomplish with its very complex revised recommendations. I
don't think anyone understood this WNA presentation or the proposed ICRP
recommendations. We received the impression that real biological
responses of organisms to radiation would never be a consideration in
international radiation protection policy. Science is just not
relevant. Beneficial health effects are ignored. Exposure to
ionizing radiation is to be minimized.
Jerry
From: Rod Adams <atomicrod@aol.com> |