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

[John Jacobus]

Jerry,
Whether or not I believe in the LNT, or any other
dose-response model, is immaterial to the my job as a
health physicist.  I would say that is true for many
if not all health physicists.  We use professional
judgement, and years of education and experience, to
ensure that radiation workers can do their job safely
and without due risk in compliance with the conditions
of our licenses.  No where in our license or in the
regulations is the LNT or any other dose-response
model mentioned.

Since you are not being a health physicist or having
any experience in radiation safety, I would not expect
you to know or understand radiation safety practices. 
I do not think this is an opinion, but a statement of
fact.  You should also not assume to know what health
physicist believe without knowing some.

--- jjcohen at prodigy.net wrote:

> 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:


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"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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