AW: [ RadSafe ] Cameron's refutation of "Alara Does Work"

[Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]

Thank you Howard, I know this paper, as well as I have studied to quite some degree Matanoski's original report.

Yet, in the current context I was asking John Jacobus for references to published work (putatively) refuting Cameron's arguments.

Kind regards, Rainer

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Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl im Auftrag von howard long
Gesendet: Fr 21.04.2006 17:48
An: John Jacobus; Facius, Rainer; jjcohen at prodigy.net; mike.bohan at yale.edu; radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Cameron's refutation of "Alara Does Work" 

http://www.ecolo.org/documents/documents_in_english/low-dose-NSWS-shipyard.pdf
  
  is the most recent and I believe , the best representation of Cameron's work, presented by his long time assistant, Sponsler.
  
  Howard Long

John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Rainer,
I believe that he was asked to review the shipyard
worker study due to his expertise in dosimetry.

I will have to look through my docuements to find
appropriate papers to reference or send. I will try
and find specific referecnes that cite Dr. Cameron's
conclusions about this study. Like you and others on
this list, I do cannot spend all my time monitoring
this list and reponding to every message.

Nevertheless, the report itself can be found at
http://cedr.lbl.gov/shipyard.pdf

An abstract of the report was published in Radiaton
Research, 133, 126-127 (1993) or I can send a copy.

A review of the study was published in J Radiol Prot.,
2001 Dec; 21(4):400-3 or I can send a copy.

Unfortunately, I forsee that this will lead to another
long debate on the LNT and hormesis. Nevertheless, I
will try and restrict my input. I have a life beyond
this list.

--- Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:

> John:
>
> Please, could you provide some references to
> published work where the debate counter Cameron's
> arguments has been documented.
>
> Also, if I remember correctly, Cameron served on the
> external referee board which closely supervised
> Matanoski's nuclear shipyard study. I find it
> difficult to imagine that he was called without
> quite some professional standing also in
> epidemiology - but of course I may err here.
>
> Kind regards, Rainer