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Alzheimer=92s & Parkinson=92s =96 Could The = Cause Be Radon?=20
In a study conducted at the University of North = Dakota,=20 researchers discovered that the presence of = radioactive daughters in the brains of non-smoking persons with=20 Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease was 10 times = greater than=20 it was in the brains of persons with no previous = evidence of=20 neurological disorders. Professor Glenn Lykken and Dr. = Berislav Momcilovic assert their study demonstrates = that=20 indoor gas has the capacity to irreversibly infest the brain = with=20 the poisonous progeny of radioactive heavy = metals.Recently=20 revised EPA risks assessments estimate 21,000 = Americans die=20 annually from induced lung cancer, 150% higher than their 1994 = estimate.=20 However, scientists are increasingly suspicious that may be linked to disease in other parts of the body = as=20 well.When inhaled, gas accumulates in lipid tissue throughout the body = with the=20 highest concentration in the brain, bone marrow, and = nervous=20 system. Additionally, one-third of the inhaled decay products (radioactive particles produced when = the gas=20 decays) pass from the lungs into the blood stream = indicating=20 that the gas does not flow quickly in and out of the = lungs,=20 but lingers in the body.

Previous study at UND determined that once is rapidly absorbed into the body from the lung, a = fraction=20 accumulates in the brain resulting in increased gamma = ray=20 emissions from bismuth-214 (one of the radioactive decay products) and altered EEG signals. While is a lipid-soluble gas that can move freely in and = out of the=20 brain despite the blood-brain barrier, none of the = transmuted=20 heavy metal daughters are soluble in the lipids, meaning they = remain=20 trapped in the brain where

they emit gamma radiation and alpha particles = resulting in=20 both radiation and chemical injury to the brain = cells.Of keen=20 interest was the unexpected discovery that the = radioactivity=20 selectively accrues to the brain proteins in the = Alzheimer's=20 victims and to the brain lipids in the Parkinson's = victims.=20 This pathognomonic distribution was inferred to = reflect the=20 increase of local chlorine availability to which the daughters bound selectively.Once present, the most = likely=20 candidate for radiation injury appears to be the = highly=20 radiosensitive astrocytes rather than the more = radioresistant=20 neurons, which do not divide. Other studies have = indicated the=20 astrocytes may be involved in Alzheimer's disease and = the=20 amyloid deposits and neurofibrillatory tangling = observed with=20 Alzheimer's may well reflect the response to radiation = injury=20 of the astrocytes. Interestingly enough, the = geographic=20 distribution of Parkinson's disease mortality is = considerably=20 higher in states with greater potential, according to research by D.J.

Lansak of the University of Kentucky and published = in the=20 Journal of Neurological Sciences.An estimated 4.5 = million=20 Americans have Alzheimer's disease, the number having = doubled=20 in the last 25 years. An estimated 1.5 million = Americans have=20 Parkinson's disease with 60,000 new cases diagnosed = each=20 year. University of North Dakota = researchers=20 are looking for more funding to continue their = research. To=20 access the study in its entirety, please go to http://www.radonnews.org/ or the = Alzheimer=20 Disease and Associated Disorders Magazine. Contact: = Professor=20 G.I. Lykken at UND at (701) 777 =96 3519..

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