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Hormesis and the Health Benefits of
Nuclear Radiation.
Nuclear radiation has been regarded as
being dangerous even in low level exposure.
This belief is not based on science but is based on an edict in 1959 by several groups such as the UN simply declaring that "low levels of radiation are dangerous" in order to create enough public fear worldwide of radiation that the A bomb would never be used! This belief was never scientifically demonstrated by a single experiment. It is true that very low levels of radiation from a nuclear reactor can be extremely dangerous since the half life of these radioactive isotopes are short and range from days to a low number of years. Natural uranium, which is part of the soil, gives off its radiation slowly over billions of years and is therefore safe. These short lived isotopes like iodine give off the same radiation but condensed into days instead of billions of years! Radioactive Iodine radiation for example is approximately millions of times more intense than natural uranium! These dangerous short lived elements never occur in nature and are very hazardous. Modern Research on Nuclear Radiation Hormesis Around the year 2000 it became accepted by biologists that a DNA repair mechanism is at work constantly repairing the million or so hits from cosmic radiation that occur every few minutes. This DNA repair mechanism ensures that no genetic error that might cause mutations and cancer occurs. This discovery also demonstrates that radiation exposure at low levels is not cumulative since the damage from each exposure is repaired before the next exposure occurs. Low level radiation is much less intense than cosmic rays and therefore low level radiation is no longer considered to be a threat by biologists. In fact experimentation with low level radiation has shown that there are many benefits to low level radiation. It is sometimes referred to as a micro nutrient ... because low level radiation makes the DNA repair mechanism increase its activity. The same mechanism also causes the immune protection mechanisms to become more effective in preventing viral and bacterial infections. To learn more, read the scientific article shown ... Below is an article by Dr. T. D. Luckey who was the first modern popularizer of radiation hormesis ... Click Here to read T. D. Luckey's article on Radiation Hormesis To look at the science papers and more detailed description see site below that discusses how low levels of naturally occuring radioactivity may be used to prevent cancer and to stop it from spreading. X rays of a low intensity are sometimes used in Total Body Irradiation or TDI. Click Here for Radiation Hormesis Science Site Hormesis Experimenter Supplies Calibrated Uranium Glass Beads for Sale Microsec is offering calibrated uranium glass beads for researchers. These beads are approved for jewellery use and are not dangerous. The uranium is locked into the glass matrix and cannot escape unless you crush the glass to a fine powder. Even then the uranium content is less than 2% of the glass. These are jewellery grade beads and have been popular for about 200 years.   Beads under normal light / Beads under UV light This bead cluster
put out 1.1 microsieverts/hour.
Each set of beads is calibrated with a geiger counter prior to shipping. These are jewellery grade uranium beads which have been popular for almost 200 years and are safe to ship in the mail. To purchase Uranium Glass Beads please visit: http://radiant-beads.com Uranium Glass Marbles  It takes two marbles to trigger most geiger counters. These uranium glass marbles are available for experiments. Each releases 0.25 microSieverts / hour. These sets are useful for petri dish based tests with bacteria, algae, fungi etc. Any local toy shop can provide for non radioactive marbles to act as a control experiment. Shipping in North America for a small number of beads or marbles is about $5 by regular mail. If you are interested please write to ... isoutar@microsec.net. |