[ RadSafe ] BEIR VII repercussions in the medical community

[Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]

Some quotations from a recent MEDSACPE tutorial for general physicians
and in particular for radiologists.

http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/5063_pnt
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Imaging X-rays Cause Cancer: A Call to Action for Caregivers and
Patients

Author: Richard C. Semelka, MD;  Director, Magnetic Resonance Services,
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Disclosure: Richard C. Semelka, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial
relationships.

Editor: Robert Chevrier;  Program Director/Site Editor, Medscape, Inc.
Disclosure: Robert Chevrier has disclosed no relevant financial
relationships.

Excerpts:

[...] the National Academy of Science released their 7th report on the
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII), which should be
considered the definitive and indisputable authoritative resource on the
subject of radiation risk
[...]
The above being said, the indisputable fact, and in my opinion rendered
truly indisputable by the BEIR VII report, is that medical x-rays cause
cancer.[1]
[...]
Of course, having said that, in reading the radiation science literature
some research is even more alarming than the BEIR VII report.[15-17]
[...] However, major policy shifts should probably only be made based on
the consensus of the majority of experienced scientists in that field of
research. That is what BEIR VII represents, and its findings are in line
with all previous large consensus reports dealing with radiation and
safety.[18,19]
[...]
BEIR VII, the definitive report, has been released. BEIR VII states that
medical x-rays cause cancer, even in the doses of individual CT scans.
[...]
I recommend that you refer your provider to the BEIR VII report
regarding radiation hazards,[1]
[...]

Enjoy, Rainer :-(


Dr. Rainer Facius
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerospace Medicine
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