William Beaty wrote: > 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?
It is not surprising that sensitivity to radiation varies between different genetic materials, but of course evolution would have killed itself if it had provided a definitive fix for aleatory radiation induced genetic damage --provided historically by cosmic rays-- which can lead to cancer or other horrors such as crippling malformations in the progeny... or to favorable evolution. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Beaty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 11:10 AM Subject: [Vo]:What if radiation doesn't cause cancer? > > 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 >
