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Re: NCRP 136
Of course, the same body of evidence would have to be used to reassess the
weight of scientific evidence for and against the nonlinear dose-repsonse
models. Unfortunately science does not help us much in either case unless
we can talk the entire world's population into participating in a case
controlled (or other, perhaps more appropriate) study. Maybe China will be
the first to volunteer.
We have a situation here where science just does not help us too much.
Perhaps it might in the future, but right now we are out of luck and stuck
with just making the best judgement we can (that silly arbitrary
politically motivated conservative policy and rule making thing again).
Then there is l i t i g a t i o n. Politics alone puts a damper on any
chance science or common sense has...
I'm not one to give up on science by any means. I just think that whatever
we need to crack this problem, we just don't have it right now...maybe
someday. Sometimes one does have to pause and reflect. Here a couple of
quotes that I have found interesting:
----
Loren Eiseley
Almost every great scientific generalization is a supreme act of creative
synthesis. There comes a time when an accumulation of smaller discoveries
and observations can be combined in some great and comprehensive view of
nature. At this point the need is not so much for increased numbers of
facts as for a mind of great insight that is capable of taking the
assembled information and rendering it intelligible. Such a synthesis
represents the scientific mind at its highest point of achievement. The
stature of the discoverer is not limited by the fact that he has slid into
place the last piece of a tremendous puzzle on which many others have
worked. To finish a task he must see correctly over a vast and diverse
array of data.
Sandison
There are many problems which the finite mind cannot wholly grasp and which
must be accepted by faith or left alone.
----
I would not take Eiseley's use of the word "he" too personally....obviously
this was written before the age of political correctness.
DJWhitfill
Opinions expressed are mine and do not reflect official policies or
positions of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Robert A Scott
<bobscottchp@JUNO.COM> To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
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erbilt.edu
10/24/01 12:42 PM
Please respond to
Robert A Scott
I believe you have proved my point. With the statement below you
address a policy issue, while the Executive Summary stated that the
committee "was charged to reassess the weight of scientific evidence for
and against the linear-nonthreshold dose-response model, without
reference to associated policy implications."
Bob Scott, RSO
Roger Williams Medical Center
Providence, Rhode Island
bobscottchp@juno.com
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:19:56 -0700 "John Johnson"
<idias@interchange.ubc.ca> writes:
> I think the issue is; Should RP procedures and regulations provide
> ADAQUATE
> protection for everyone, regardless of age, sex and genetic
> background.- I
> think they should!
>
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