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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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