Discover the Benefits of Radiation Hormesis!
"Low-dose radiation has been shown to enhance biological responses for immune systems, enzymatic repair, physiological functions, and the removal of cellular damage, including prevention and removal of cancers and other diseases."
- 21st Century Science and Technology Magazine
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Radiation Hormesis Explained
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All living organisms evolved and exist in a sea of ionizing radiation, much of which is internal. Over the past decades, some pioneer scientists reported that low-dose ionizing radiation is not only a harmless agent but often has a beneficial or hormetic effect. That is, low-level ionizing radiation may be an essential trace energy for life, analogous to essential trace elements. It has been even suggested that about one third of all cancer deaths are preventable by increasing our low dose radiation.
“Hormesis with Ionizing Radiation” presented evidence of increased vigor in plants, bacteria, invertebrates and vertebrates. Most physiologic reactions in living cells are stimulated by low doses of ionizing radiation. This evidence of radiogenic metabolism (metabolism promoted by ionizing radiation) includes enzyme induction, photosynthesis, respiration and growth. Radiation hormesis in immunity decreases infection and premature death in radiation exposed populations. Increased immune competence is a major factor in the increased average life-span of populations exposed to low-dose irradiation.
4 responses to “Radiation Hormesis Explained”
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My wife has had a neurological disease that affects her eyesight and vocal chords. Do you think this would help her?
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GREGG LARSON October 15th, 2009 at 22:45
I am an engineer with direct & continuous experience in the nuclear industry for the last 40 years; 26 years in U.S. nuclear navy, with the balance in commercial U.S. nuclear utilities.
At a basic level, the LNT concept is a dark-age political/bureaucratic convenience that has, after 65 years of data collection since Hiroshima, shown to have a growing & asymptoic approach to being entirely debunked - revoked and wrong.
We cannot afford any longer to waste resources on out-dated requirements that reqire testing and sociatal restrictions based on overly conservative bases.
I’m not talking about radioactive waste of long-lived isotopes, but the concerns over the innoculus impact of such things as radon or tritium.
Very specifically, we should educate our society and imbrace the positive (i.e. hormemsis-based) effects, rather than the largely hypotheitically negative effects of such radioactive elements as Radon and Tritium. In fact, with little extrapolation of the data already accepted, we should be promoting the marketing of bottled tritiated water at 100 times the current restrictive concentations — not agonizing over how to deal with radon in our basements or what to do with a million picocuries of tritium in drinking water.
Bottom line — has a beta dose, no matter the leve, ever been shown to damage a biological cell?
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Neil Craig February 4th, 2010 at 06:43
100% Gregg. There is substantial evidence for hormesis 7 none whatsoever for LNT. The maintenance of the latter does inded make it a sign of dark age political control.
I didn’t know that about Beta refiation - thanks.
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pete devereaux February 24th, 2010 at 11:45
I am a man living with Metastatic breast cancer. Will this help me and what should i start with. Are you ever going to be speaking or working in the Boston,ma area.
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