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RE: Relevance of experts
Jerry,
Just out of curiosity, why do you think any $$$$ (money) saved "which might
then be allocated toward
useful objectives?" It will be squandered another way. Like regulating
chlorine in your drinking water.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:43 PM
To: John Jacobus; RADSAFE
Subject: Re: Relevance of experts
John,
A few comments to clarify my position (hopefully):
1. to answer your original question, I wouldn't worry about any dose below
~1.0 rem/a. above background
2. In my estimation, the optimal dose range is somewhere between 1.0 and
100.0 rem/a.
3. At a dose of 10.0rem/a, in the unlikely event that adverse effects should
occur, there could also be offsetting positive effects.
4. Like all other physical and chemical agents , radiation likely causes a
wide range of dose related effects. Such effects could be either positive or
negative in nature. For a given individual at any given dose level, health
consequences reflect the sum of these effects. Certain rare hypersensitive
individuals might indeed have adverse effects at low doses analogous to
allergic reactions to some chemical agents.
5. I don't believe it is prudent to set exposures standards based on effects
to the most sensitive individuals, but that is only my opinion.
6. Finally, if the maximum allowable dose were set at 1.0 rem/a (10.0
mSv/a), we would save a lot of $$$$$$, which might then be allocated toward
useful objectives.
. . .
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