[ RadSafe ] LNT polling - initial results

Fri Jul 29 12:47:13 CDT 2005

Franz, 

There are probably more NON-US people on this list then you presume. But for
some Europeans or even some US people, Canada is often considered as a "cold
US region" so perhaps we don't count as non-US. Personally, answering a
survey is not what I call science. I call that entertainment, even if the
topic is LNT. Science will decide if LNT is applicable or not, popularity is
irrelevant. As for politics, well , I am still too young to enter this noble
art and I think that it does not fit this list either...

Kind regards from Canada (more then 27 degrees almost each day since June in
Montreal...)

Stéphane Jean-François, Eng., CHP
Manager, Environmental and Health Physics services
Merck Frosst Canada
514-428-8695
514-428-8670
stephane_jeanfrancois at merck.com
www.merckfrosst.com

-----Message d'origine-----
De : radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] De la part
de Franz Schönhofer
Envoyé : Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:08 PM
À : 'A Karam'; radsafe at radlab.nl; amrso at mcw.edu
Objet : AW: [ RadSafe ] LNT polling - initial results

Andy,

I filled in my reply. That there are so few people from outside the USA is
for me not surprising: How many non-US-persons are on RADSAFE? As soon as
somebody makes a comment which is not in line with official US politics,
they are flamed. This survey might probably be expanded to other lists like
the RADCHEM list. Even better would be to contact ICRP on that question.

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von A Karam
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2005 21:44
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl; amrso at mcw.edu
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] LNT polling - initial results
> 
> OK - we have had about 130 replies thus far.  Here is how things are
> looking right now (just numbers, no analysis yet):
> 
> Threshold            42
> LNT                    12
> Hormesis            59
> Linear-quadratic   10
> Other                  5
> 
> Government        42
> Academia            28
> Nuclear Power    10
> Environmental     3
> Medical               20
> Consulting        14
> Other                13
> 
> HP                    95
> Rad Biologist     6
> Regulator            1
> Med - rad            3
> Med - non rad     3
> Science - non rad    15
> Other                    8
> 
> N. America        115
> W. Europe          6
> Russia                1
> Asia (not Japan)    1
> Middle East         1
> Australia/NZ        4
> Latin America        0
> E. Europe/FSU     0
> Other                    1
> 
> 
> If you wish to participate, the survey is at this URL:
> http://lnt.tgi-sci.com <http://lnt.tgi-sci.com>
> 
> I'm really surprised that so few outside of North America have
> participated - it would be nice to hear from more of you elsewhere in
> the world.
> 
> To be honest with you, the number of people speaking up on behalf of
> hormesis surprises me, but this could be due to self-selection (i.e.
> there might be a tendency to speak up on behalf of a hypothesis that you
> feel to be under attack than on behalf of one that seems fairly solid)
> 
> Anyhow - keep logging in (only once per customer!), and we'll keep
> updating you.
> 
> Andy
> 
> P. Andrew Karam, Ph.D., CHP
> Research Assistant Professor
> Rochester Institute of Technology
> 85 Lomb Memorial Drive
> Rochester, NY  14623
> (585) 475-6432 (voice)
> (585) 247-4510 (fax)
> paksbi at rit.edu
> 
> 
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