[ RadSafe ] Re: Fw: Someone just responded to your comment

[Sandy Perle]

On 6 Sep 2005 at 8:27, John Jacobus wrote:

> As a health physicist since 1975, I can say that there
> is a broad feeling about radiation risk.  We are
> safety professionals who are concerned about workers
> and the public.  The basis for our work is not based
> on the LNT, but the legislation we comply with. 

When the scientific community, including health physicists, is spilt 
with respect to what is safe and what is not, one can not fault the 
public, the regulators or the lawmakers for doing what they think is 
prudent. I am not implying that I am 100% one way or another with 
respect to LNT, but one only needs to look at other industries, other 
products and recognize that what was once considered safe is no 
longer thought to be. If that is the case, then who is to say that 
additional knowledge won't come to light that either supports LNT 
totally, or partially, or dispels it entirely.

None of us really know, and anyone who has a strong opinion, either 
way, has just that, an educated (and sometimes not) opinion. The 
facts support either side of this argument.

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