[ RadSafe ] Radon: POWERFULLY associated with LESS lung cancer by B.Cohen

[Bernard L. Cohen]

I agree with all that Maury says. But also note that our principal data 
is below about 2.5 pCi/L, whereas other studies are weak in that region. 
Our data give little info above 4 pCi/L where their data are most 
meaningful.

On 6/17/2011 6:37 PM, Maury wrote:
> I think there was extensive debate about LNT involving Bill Field 
> around 2002-3.  There may have been another episode later, but there 
> is a lot of that in the 2002 archives -- If I recall correctly, Field 
> had completed a study in Iowa that he believed supported LNT while 
> Cohen's comprehensive county by county national work still stands 
> today as major evidence failing to support LNT. I think Cohen adhered 
> to testing LNT  to the exclusion of 'testing hormesis' because his 
> original research design did not include a hormesis hypothesis; he 
> insisted on maintaining scientific integrity by not engaging in 
> after-the-fact hypotheses  (Bernie, please repair my interpretation if 
> needed?)
>
> (Sorry if I've fogged this up -- that was a long time ago; my gray 
> matter is sprouting white hairs <g>)
>
> Maury&Dog     [MaurySiskel maurysis at peoplepc.com]
>
> ===============================
>
> On 6/17/2011 4:17 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) wrote:
>> Dear Prof. Cohen and Prof. Raabe,
>>
>> I assume that you are familiar with Dr. Field's Iowa Radon Lung Cancer
>> Study.  I would be interested in your thoughts on it, and if he was
>> faulty in his methodology, what that fault was.
>>
>> Most Sincerely,
>>
>> Mike Brennan
>>
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>> Cohen
>> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 7:31 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radon: POWERFULLY associated with LESS lung
>> cancer by B.Cohen
>>
>>
>>       --Our study had no political funding. It was financed by our radon
>> measurement service
>>
>> On 6/16/2011 1:30 PM, Brian Riely wrote:
>>> Howard, you wrote, " Politics should follow science, not vice versa."
>>>
>>> The problem is that politics funds science, not vice versa.
>>> Bernard L. Cohen
>>> Physics Dept., University of Pittsburgh
>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
>>> Tel: (412)624-9245  Fax: (412)624-9163
>>> e-mail: blc at pitt.edu  web site: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc
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Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept., University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245  Fax: (412)624-9163
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