RE: Why effects of LDR differ from metabolism

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Jack,

Ask a doctor or fireman how much a life is worth. 

-- John

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From: Jke310@aol.com [mailto:Jke310@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:36 AM
To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); tedrock@cpcug.org; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: Why effects of LDR differ from metabolism

In a message dated 10/29/01 4:05:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov writes:

I was taught that biological
response is usually a spectrum of values, and in the regulatory arena, you
protect for the sensitive person, not the average or those at one end of the
spectrum of responses.

Is this the same reasoning that supports the concept that "if it saves even one life, isn't it worth the cost?"?

Jack Earley
Radiological Engineer