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FYI, when you edit a talk page, be sure not to split up other editors comments. PDBailey (talk) 22:09, 29 September 2009 (UTC) Right, impossible to even reply normally to points. That is a design decision, I suppose, not to have appropriate discussion format which would be different from article format? Dmtrlk (talk) 07:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

example of talk

Dmtrlk, This is an example of what a talk section might look like.

• you might use bullets
• and more bullets.

Then you might finish your comment. PDBailey (talk) 16:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

When responding, it is customary to start a new paragraph and indent it with a colon before it. If you want to respond to bullets you might number them. i.e. (1) I don't like to use bullets, I use numbers, (2) and I don't like more bullets either. PDBailey (talk) 16:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Further comments are then indented further with more colons in front. PDBailey (talk) 16:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

radiation hormesis

Hey, I like the article you added. But I think it belongs in the studies in cultures section, not sure if you saw that section. PDBailey (talk) 18:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Dunno about that - the study specifically targets case of radon exposure, which is discussed in "Proposed mechanism and ongoing debate", and it is directly relevant to 'proposed mechanisms' which involve low dose response at cellular level... bottom line is, for, alpha particles, minimal possible dose is still much too high to expect any benefits. Ahh, btw, why hormesis article and studies measure doses in Sievert? This seems pretty nonsensical for me, as sievert could be said to be a unit of linear response - it is defined as linear combination of individual doses. If the response is nonlinear, surely if the low dose response is not linear at cell level, we can't expect e.g. 0.1 Sievert whole body gamma to be equivalent to 0.1 Sievert whole body of alpha radiation from dust particles lodged in lungs (several Sievert to cells) - and use of Sieverts leads to unwarranted over-generalization to real world cases where the doses are seldom uniformly distributed Dmtrlk (talk) 10:39, 5 October 2009 (UTC)