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

[jjcohen at prodigy.net]

John,
    If the only function of a Health Physicist were to assure compliance
with appropriate laws and regulations (i.e. no judgment required), then they
need not be professionals. If you really believe that LNT is not the a
fundamental precept of current HP practice, you are certainly entitled to
your opinion --- misguided though it may be.    Jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
To: <jjcohen at prodigy.net>; <bobcherry at cox.net>; "Roger Helbig"
<rhelbig at california.com>
Cc: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Re: Fw: Someone just responded to your comment


> Jerry,
> 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.
>
> I you also say that "IMHO" usually indicates the
> person is not humble but has an personal opinion that
> is usually not based on facts.
>
> --- jjcohen at prodigy.net wrote:
>
> >
> > > The irony here with respect to health physicists
> > is that if the HPS agreed
> > with the activists about the hazards of ionizing
> > radiation (and if the
> > activists were correct), the health physicists would
> > be paid more and there
> > would be a greater number of health physicists. I
> > don't see this sort of
> > counter-argument used very often, if ever.
> > >
> > > Bob C
> >
> > Bob,
> >     A lot of HP's do agree and, IMHO, that is the
> > main reason why the ICRP,
> > NCRP, etc, do what they do. Does anyone really
> > believe that science is what
> > motivates their official position on LNT? Without
> > LNT, there would be no
> > need for an ICRP, NCRP, or the hoard of bureaucrats
> > who protect the public
> > from non-existent hazards.  Jerry C.
> >
>
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never
shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
>
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
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