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benj <nobodyxx@gmail> wrote:
> On 06/07/2016 02:05 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> benj <nobodyxx@gmail> wrote:
>>> On 06/07/2016 11:10 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>>>> Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 6/6/2016 9:14 PM, benj wrote:
>>>>>> Gosh, Sammy, I"m sure there is no big money financial interest in
>>>>>> finding a link between cellphones and cancer.  That certainly makes for
>>>>>> honest and open science!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Sammy, what is the "safe" dose of inonizing radiation?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea? As a propagandist for establishment I'm sure you'll tell us
>>>>>> that all "routine" radiation is "safe". And of course you be a liar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THERE IS NO "SAFE" DOSE OF IONIZING RADIATION!
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I agree with that, but on the other hand there are two things to
>>>>> consider:
>>>>> 1. There's a level of ionizing radiation from background sources you can
>>>>> do nothing about, from cosmic rays, natural radioisotopes, and so on. So
>>>>> any additional man-made sources that are small compared to, say, moving
>>>>> to the mountains would be pointless to fret about.
>>>>> 2. The body does have internal repair mechanisms, where damaged DNA,
>>>>> damaged chromosomes, damaged proteins, and damaged cells are flushed
>>>>> from the system. So there is some level of ionization radiation which,
>>>>> while not "safe", is dealt with effectively.
>>>>
>>>> Which means it is not harmful which by definition means safe.
>>>
>>> So you are arguing like Odd normally would that "not safe" actually
>>> means "safe"?
>>
>> Nope; just following the dictionary definition of the word "safe".
>>
>> <snip remaining long winded gummint (sic) kook babble>
> 
> Taking reading lessons from HVAC? He never reads anything but just makes 
> it up too. (He figures nobody will ever check)

The first sentence was the only thing worth responding to; the rest
was babble.

> Safe: "Secure from threat of danger, harm or loss".
> Safe: Not threatening danger.
> 
> Since ANY radiation always posts a THREAT of disease, clearly the only 
> "safe" level is NO radiation which we agree is impossible.

That is not a proven fact.


-- 
Jim Pennino