Provides an invaluable comparison of the potential health hazards of various energy technologies. This comprehensive overview of known and potential health hazards associated with all major energy-producing processes is divided into four sections for ease of use: general principles; toxicology and pathobiology of chemicals in several important organ systems; the toxicological aspects of specific chemical classes; and biomedical effects of each energy alternative.

Toxicological aspects of energy production

Politics & Social Sciences

Sanders, Charles L.

Social Sciences

Distributed by Macmillan

Ionizing radiation: Tumorigenic and tumoricidal effects

Distributed by Springer-Verlag

<p>This book presents new information on radiobiology that more clearly refutes the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption and supports radiation hormesis. Fresh light is cast on the mechanisms of radiation hormesis and the potential benefits of low-dose ionizing radiation in preventing and treating a wide variety of inflammatory and proliferative diseases. It is proposed that these effects may derive from cellular communication via electromagnetic waves directed by DNA, with each cell acting as a quantum computer. Readers will also find close analysis of the negative impacts of radiophobia on many aspects of modern life, including attitudes to imaging technologies, licensing of nuclear power reactors, and preparedness for survival of nuclear war.  The book will be of interest to researchers and scientists in radiobiology, radiation protection, health physics, medical physics, and radiology. Specifically, it will provide medical physicians, radiation oncologists, radiation epidemiologists, gerontologists, cell biologists, toxicologists, and nuclear engineers with a wide range of interesting facts and enlightening novel perspectives.</p>

Radiobiology and Radiation Hormesis: New Evidence and its Implications for Medicine and Society

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Springer

Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

<p>Current radiation protection standards are based upon the application of the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption, which considers that even very low doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer. The radiation hormesis hypothesis, by contrast, proposes that low-dose ionizing radiation is beneficial. In this book, the author examines all facets of radiation hormesis in detail, including the history of the concept and mechanisms, and presents comprehensive, up-to-date reviews for major cancer types. It is explained how low-dose radiation can in fact decrease all-cause and all-cancer mortality and help to control metastatic cancer. Attention is also drawn to biases in epidemiological research when using the LNT assumption. The author shows how proponents of the LNT assumption consistently reject, manipulate, and deliberately ignore an overwhelming abundance of published data and falsely claim that no reliable data are available at doses of less than 100 mSv.</p>

This book examines all facets of radiation hormesis in detail, including the history of the concept and mechanisms, and presents comprehensive, up-to-date reviews for major cancer types. It explains how low-dose radiation can help to control metastatic cancer.

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Toxicological aspects of energy production

Ionizing radiation: Tumorigenic and tumoricidal effects

Radiobiology and Radiation Hormesis: New Evidence and its Implications for Medicine and Society

Radiobiology and Radiation Hormesis: New Evidence and its Implications for Medicine and Society

Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption