[ RadSafe ] Doyle and Ryan Gulf war reproductive health paper

[James Salsman]

The Doyle and Ryan paper at http://www.bovik.org/du/DoyleRyan2006.pdf
describes Dr. Kang's report of a 180% increase in birth defects in the
children of female February, 1991 Gulf War veterans as "modest" on
page 574.

Are there any other descriptions in the literature or popular press
where a near-tripling of a serious medical condition is referred to
"modest"?

I have a several-page letter from Charles Miller of the NRC where he
tries to defend that characterization at length, but repeatedly
implies throughout that the increase reported by Dr. Kang was
described by Doyle and Ryan as "moderate" instead of modest.  You can
probably find the letter on the NRC's ADAMS document management system
from their web site.

Sincerely,
James Salsman