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RE: Demise of UNSCEAR?
Jerry,
I do not know where you get the idea that the ICRP, et. al., consider all
radiation harmful. Where do you see that statement? Are you reading
something into the literature that is not there, as the "opposition" does?
I do agree that hormesis can be shown to exist, but should it be used to
establish regulations?
-- 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, October 02, 2002 7:29 PM
To: Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS); 'RadSafe'
Subject: Re: Demise of UNSCEAR?
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
> 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, 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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