RE: Cohen's Refutation of LNT

["Field, R. William" <bill-field@UIOWA.EDU>]

At 01:53 PM 2/11/2002 -0500, Jim Muckerheide wrote:

> Bill,
>
>  
>
> Wrong again. I do send a few papers for info/comment that MAY indicate
>
> hormesis, but don't consider them "good science" unless the
>
> specifics are consistent with the known biology and medicine
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> results.  I depend on knowledgeable scientists for that assessment.


Jim,  It is refreshing to hear that.


>  
>
> My 'bottom feeder' comment was directed at the agency bureaucrats that
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> withdrew and revised the report, not scientists. (Defensive?)


I am also glad to hear that.  I thought you were making a

generalization against all NIH funded scientists and reputable groups

like the NCRP, ICRP, etc.


>  
>
> No "top of food-chain" here. I have no funding or career that
>
> depends on those agencies, nor any establishment industry support (my
>
> documenting the truth on rad health effects has potential adverse effects
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> on their multi-hundred billion profiteering on the public fraud); and my
>
> addressing of their fraudulent actions is detrimental to my career, as
>
> you would expect. It would seem EPA may be at the "top of the
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> radiation food chain." The question is: Who would replace them as an
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> organization that would treat science honestly?


Do you feel the DOE is looking in the correct areas for future research

in the low dose range?  Please see the funding announcement I

posted.








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