Re: Is it too late?

[William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>]

I could say it, but I'd be lying.  I don't see any change in my lifetime.  We've

been all too successful at convincing the public that radiation's uniquely

dangerous.  I'm not saying that our professional forefathers (and foremothers -

I'm trying to become PC) were malicious.  However, a research proposal that

says:  "Radiation's no big deal, please send money..." is not likely to be

successful.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Let's look at the real problems, for a change.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com



Jerry Cohen wrote:



> Bill,

>     My goodness, what a dismal thought! If, as you suggest, LNT is so

> completely engrained in our regulatory structure that it is too late to do

> anything about it, then indeed all debate on the subject is academic and

> essentially meaningless. I'd hate to think that is the case since it would

> mean that we are forever destined to carry the onerous baggage

> (collective dose, ALARA, etc.) that goes along with LNT.

> Is there no hope?  Please say it ain't so!        Jerry

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: William V Lipton

> To: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM

> Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 4:31 AM

> Subject: Re: LNT

>

> If, as you stated, "...the LNT debate is probably the most important debate

> in health physics...", that is the reason for such a universal lack of

> interest in hp among students, NOT a lack of academic funding.

> I fail to understand how whomever "wins" this debate will affect anything

> other than the egos of those involved.

> At the risk of repeating myself too often (However, if no one's listening,

> am I really repeating myself - let's debate that!), we have no one but

> ourselves to blame for any overly restrictive standards.  When generous

> research funding was available, it was expedient to promote LNT as a means

> of procuring more than our fair share.  Well, strange bedfellows always look

> a lot worse the morning after!  It's too late to change this, however.

> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

> It's not about dose, it's about trust.

> Bill Lipton

> liptonw@dteenergy.com

>



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