Radiation Book » Radiation and Cancer http://radiationbook.com What it is, what you need to know. A new book by Robert Peter Gale, M.D., and Eric Lax Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:37:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Radon-222 http://radiationbook.com/radon-222/ http://radiationbook.com/radon-222/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:14:41 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=149 Here is a comprehensive article about radon:
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html

]]> http://radiationbook.com/radon-222/feed/ 0 Strontium-90 http://radiationbook.com/strontium-90/ http://radiationbook.com/strontium-90/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:13:21 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=147 There are two good obituaries for Louise Reiss:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/science/10reiss.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/-obituaries/article_bc5094d0-34b1-5c14-b4b0-fd8251cb7990.html.

]]> http://radiationbook.com/strontium-90/feed/ 0 Iodine-131 http://radiationbook.com/iodine-131/ http://radiationbook.com/iodine-131/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:13:08 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=144 Here are two useful papers on thyroid cancer from exposure to iodine-131 released in atomic bomb tests at the Nevada Test Site:
http://www.senes.com/Thyroid.Doses.Final.Report.pdf
http://www.cancer.gov/i131/fallout/contents.html

]]> http://radiationbook.com/iodine-131/feed/ 0 Ultraviolet radiation (UV) http://radiationbook.com/ultraviolet-radiation-uv/ http://radiationbook.com/ultraviolet-radiation-uv/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:11:24 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=139 For more information on UV radiations and skin cancer, see:
http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/uva-and-uvb

For additional information on cases of skin cancer world-wide, go to:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs305/en/index.html

]]> http://radiationbook.com/ultraviolet-radiation-uv/feed/ 0 Polonium-210 http://radiationbook.com/polonium-210/ http://radiationbook.com/polonium-210/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:09:27 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=135 For more on polonium-210 as well as the murder of Victor Litvenenko, see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6181688.stm

]]> http://radiationbook.com/polonium-210/feed/ 0 Smoking and Tobacco http://radiationbook.com/smoking-and-tobacco/ http://radiationbook.com/smoking-and-tobacco/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:08:55 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=133 There is a useful summary of the effects of secondhand smoke on non-smokers at:
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/26/secondhand-smoke-kills-600000-worldwide-annually/.

For more on cigarette smoking and lung cancer, see:
“Molecular Clues to Preventing Tobacco-Related Lung Cancer,” http://www.nypcancerprevention.com/issue/7/pro/feature/molecular-clues-to-preven.shtml.

]]> http://radiationbook.com/smoking-and-tobacco/feed/ 0 How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? http://radiationbook.com/how-does-radiation-cause-cancer/ http://radiationbook.com/how-does-radiation-cause-cancer/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:10:32 +0000 iwriteplays http://radiationbook.com/?p=137 For an overview of radiation’s relation to cancer, see:
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/medicaltreatments/radiation-exposure-and-cancer

http://hss.energy.gov/HealthSafety/ohre/roadmap/achre/intro_9_5.html

For new thinking on the role of “junk” DNA in cancer, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/science/far-from-junk-dna-dark-matter-proves-crucial-to-health.html

For the effects of low-dose radiation, go to:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&pag

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