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Re: Columbia U study supports LNT



Oh Lordy! Someone on radsafe said I was right! (like in "correct")  ;-). What's

next - Salem closing down? ;-0)

Thanks Gregory,

Norm





"Gibbons, Gregory J" wrote:



> You're right Norm - the results of a single study often only gain validity

> when they are shown to be reproducible; and on the subject of LNT-Hormesis

> -- they both have multiple studies supporting them.  That's why the

> LNT-Hormesis debate among HPs has been and will likely continue to be an

> on-going debate for a long time to come.  In fact, it seems that as the

> number of studies performed on this issue increases, the number of possible

> scenarios depicting the true dose-response relationship (whatever that might

> be) also increases (e.g. LNT, Hormesis, true sigmoidal, sigmoidal-linear,

> etc.).

>

> Greg Gibbons

>

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

> From: Norman Cohen [mailto:ncohen12@comcast.net]

> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:55 AM

> To: sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET

> Cc: Know_Nukes@yahoogroups.com; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Columbia U study supports LNT

>

> Hi Sandy,

> If I stretched too far, I'll pull the rope back in a bit. Anyway, mainly

> posted the article because it was on topic. One study doesn't resolve the

> LNT-Hormesis debate any more than all the other postings on radsafe have.

>

> norm

>

> Sandy Perle wrote:

>

> > Looking at the abstract, the study involved alpha particles, and, not

> > ALL type of radiation. I have only read the abstract and do not have

> > the full study. Norm's leap to make a statement "Columbia U study

> > supports LNT" is a bit of a stretch ... a VERY long stretch, by any

> > conceivable measure.

> >

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