AW: [ RadSafe ] " German doctor takes anti-nuclear message to westernCanada "

[Rainer.Facius at dlr.de]

The full text of the most recent evaluation of the KiKK study by the German Strahlenschutzkommission,  SSK (German Radiationprotection Commission) is available here (in German :-( )

http://www.ssk.de/werke/volltext/2008/ssk0806.pdf

Regards, Rainer


Dr. Rainer Facius
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Linder Hoehe
51147 Koeln
GERMANY
Voice: +49 2203 601 3147 or 3150
FAX:   +49 2203 61970

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Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag von Peter Bossew
Gesendet: Montag, 13. Oktober 2008 10:27
An: radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] " German doctor takes anti-nuclear message to westernCanada "

The state of the discussion, in the perspective of the BfS, can be found here (most documents in German)(BfS=Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz = German Federal Radioprotection Agency):

http://www.bfs.de/en/kerntechnik/kinderkrebs/Stellungnahme_SSK  (German) statement of the external panel (short): 
http://www.bfs.de/en/kerntechnik/kinderkrebs/Expertengremium.html
background information about the KiKK study: 
http://www.bfs.de/en/kerntechnik/kinderkrebs/kikk.html

Put shortly, external review of the study (not yet available in detail) has confirmed that the study design is correct (This has been a main point of criticism: e.g., some comments have suggested that the observed effect results from the design. An interesting contribution can be found in the last or 2nd last issue of Strahlenschutzpraxis (maybe somebody can find the exact quotation), which suggests that the result may be statistical artefact, without detailling the argument, unfortunately. 
Another critical comment is by Brauns & Hippler, Strahlenschutzpraxis 3/2008, p. 40.), that the input data are correct and that they have been analysed properly, and that the result is robust.

The authors of the original study as well as the reviewers agree that to the state of knowledge the effect is unlikely caused by radiation, but it can also not be excluded. 
Also an article in Atomwirtschaft (Grosche et al., atw 53 (3): 174-178
(2008)) - a journal which is certainly not known for anti-nuclear bias - confirms the seriosity of the KiKK study and its results.

I think this is an open case which simply requires more investigations.

pb




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