[ RadSafe ] UNSCEAR low-level exposure report

[Jerry Cohen]

Victor,
    I think you have beautifully characterized the nature of the LNT 
problem. Of course, It is one thing to know the nature of the problem, but 
quite another to understand how to deal with it. In this case, it may 
require changing basic human nature. Good Luck!
Jerry cohen
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From: "Victor Anderson" <victor.anderson at frontier.com>
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> Good Morning,
>
> An interesting report full of much bureaucratic waffle language.  To be
> chartable, these various groups do have to exercise some caution in their
> statements and recommendations.  Having written that, I have spent some 
> time
> looking at various articles on LNT.  The vast majority of these articles
> question LNT use at low dose rates.  My opinion is that many 
> administrators
> who don't understand radiation relay on LNT risk estimates because it 
> makes
> life simple.  Its real easy to do the third grade math and convince 
> yourself
> and others that this is a "real" risk with "real cancer deaths" in the
> thousands to tens of thousands.  Next, comes the call for more regulations
> and more budget and more staff.  With more budget and staff comes 
> promotions
> and more pay.  Thus, government organizations like the EPA end up in
> entrenched positions like the one on Radon or their infamous remediation
> rules.  Sadly, this is fed by unscientific studies published by the
> anti-nuclear crowd.  I had one person tell me that birds were falling out 
> of
> the sky in Northern California during the height of the Fukushima 
> releases.
> Being the guy in charge of the state's monitoring of air, etc., I knew 
> that
> this was just hysteria.  I tried to explain to this person that he had not
> been told the truth.  It was like dealing with some weird version of
> Orwell's 1984.  The best I can get was an acknowledgment that maybe I knew
> what I was talking about.  Its going to take a lot of work to counter the
> hysterical and untrue anti-radiation, anti-nuclear propaganda.  I don't 
> have
> a good answer.
>
> Victor
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Marcus
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 6:32 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] UNSCEAR low-level exposure report
>
>
>
> Dear Steve:
>
> This is the same report.
>
> Ciao, Carol
>
> On 2/6/2013 6:12 PM, Steven Dapra wrote:
>> Feb. 6
>>
>>     Try this link:
>>
>> http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/46
>>
>>     The report is 21 pages of PDF with footnotes and no bibliography.
>>
>>     The quote in the William Tucker article will be found on page 10
>> of the linked report.  The portion of the report that discusses LL
>> exposure is Chapter III, which begins on page 9.
>>
>> Steven Dapra
>>
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