Maybe J. Frank Parnell was right after all. Conventional theory says that radiation-induced cancer occurs with a certain probability based on accumulated molecular damage. But why didn't evolution provide a fix for this long ago? What if it did, and this cumulative damage doesn't occur except in certain people who suffer a genetic disorder which breaks a corrective process?
Risk of Radiation-Induced Cancer Increased in Some Individuals http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555669 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1667%2FRR3329 Apparently the benign menengiomas (brain cancer) caused by theraputic x-ray treatment widely given in the 1950s was concentrated in certain groups of people. A-bomb a city, but only certain people come down with radiation disease? Irradiate everyone with low power x-rays, but only certain families aren't immune? J. Frank Parnell (from "Repo Man") http://www.myspace.com/jfrankparnell "Ra-di-ation, yes indeed! You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked, goggle-boxed do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest x-rays a year. They oughtta have 'em, too." (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
