Re: Hormesis and LNT in Today's News

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@MEDIAONE.NET>]

For those of you who do consider the science, this just in:



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list

_uids=11325450&dopt=Abstract



Regards, Jim

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>> I always find it interesting that when a person finds an editorial article

>> (not a news or scientific article) that expounds a particular point they

>> favor, e.g. gun control, nuclear power, hormesis, DDT, etc., it proves their

>> point.  And if you question the article, you are automatically labeled as a

>> capitalist tool, mafia, etc.  Thankfully, scientific research, not

>> regulatory issues, do not following this debating(?) style of name calling

>> and "piling on."

>> 

>> -- John 

> 

> That's silly.  No "proof" is implied in distributing the article. It's just

> interesting that the science is getting out.

> 

> The science "proves" the fact, except to those who do not use (or ignore) the

> science for their self-serving "policies."

> 

> (And the author isn't just another writer or "journalist.")

> 

> And "science" is done by "piling on."  That's called variously:  "the weight

> of the evidence," "confirmation," "scientific consensus," etc., etc.  :-)

> 

> Regards, Jim

> ===========

> 

> 

>> John Jacobus, MS

>> Certified Health Physicist

>> 3050 Traymore Lane

>> Bowie, MD  20715-2024

>> 

>> E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      



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