Re: Demise of UNSCEAR?

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

YES! Mainly in their discussions of low-dose effects, and particularly in

their acknowledgement of the hormesis concept, as opposed to ICRP's

essentially ignoring and generally stonewalling the subject. Granted UNSCEAR

does not embrace hormesis, but at least it is treated with some credence,

and not summarily dismissed. I suppose the UN establishment cannot tolerate

any exception to the common belief that all radiation is harmful. Clearly

the idea is politically incorrect.





----- Original Message -----

From: Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS) <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

To: 'RadSafe' <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 3:06 PM

Subject: RE: Demise of UNSCEAR?





> Have you seen any contradictions between the UNSCEAR reports and the ICRP,

> NCRP, etc?

>

> -- John

> John Jacobus, MS

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

> From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@prodigy.net]

> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:55 PM

> To: Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS); 'RadSafe'

> Subject: Re: Demise of UNSCEAR?

>

>

> > UNSCEAR assembles experts who comb through and analyze the literature on

> > such topics as the health effects of the Chernobyl accident, non-cancer

> > mortality from ionizing radiation, and the risks associated with

> > radiation-based medical procedures. Their work forms the core of the

tomes

> > the committee puts out every few years. The International Atomic Energy

> > Agency, the International Commission on Radiological Protection, and

other

> > international and national bodies use data from UNSCEAR in setting

safety

> > standards and making policies, says the committee's chair, Joyce

> Lipsztein,

> > a radiation protection scientist at Brazil's National Atomic Energy

> > Commission. "UNSCEAR is not biased. It's just scientific, not political.

> > That's why it's so valuable."

>

> It may also explain why UNSCEAR is dying while ICRP, NCRP, etc. survive.

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