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Re: Two Person Debate and more



Hi All,



        I agree with Phillipe Duport: this is a fundamental debate that should not be restricted in any way. Even if there are mostly two persons

involved.  Like others, I have been following the debate but have not yet decided to to weigh in on the mailing list.  However, Joe and I have decided

to write a Letter to the Editor on this subject and we have a first draft by now. It is very simple and reminds people that a lot of the confusion in

this fire fight stems from the astonishing fact that people do not state what the scientific question is that they are trying to answer. As we think

that everyone wants to do the "scientifically correct" thing, our attitude should not be too far off the mark.



Regards to All,



Fritz





Philippe Duport wrote:



> I do not agree with Dave Biela and Michael Stabin:  The debate on low-dose effects interests more a few people, even if not all intervene in the

> debate.  There are many important facets in radiation protection,

> operational and otherwise.  The debate on low-dose effects is crucial, it fundamentally concerns the real, not theoretical, monetary and public

> health cost-effectiveness of ALL the resources used to reduce/eliminate doses at natural environmental levels, whatever the source.  If public

> health policies and practices are about saving real (as opposed to hypothetical) lives, are we, serving our society well ?

>



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 " The American Republic will endure until the day Congress

 discovers that it can bribe the Public with the Public's money."

                                       Alexis de Tocqueville

                                       Democracy in America



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