Re: COHEN FIELD DEBATE

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

Gary,

    You have accurately and succinctly characterized the problem. In a

previous post, I opined that proper practice of epidemiology does not

require the abandonment of common sense. If smoking were a confounder

negating Bernie Cohen's conclusion that LNT was a bogus concept then, of

necessity, there would have to be a strong negative correlation between

radon levels and smoking incidence. Such a relationship would be hard,if not

impossible to prove or disprove, but to me at least, it is a concept that

defies common sense.

    I would not be confident of getting an impartial judgment on this matter

from NCRP. Since they have maintained for decades that LNT provides a

rational basis for radiation exposure standard, it is highly unlikely that

they would concede that they were wrong all that time. According to Thomas

Kuhn, paradigm changes are not easily attained. That is just human nature.

Jerry





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

From: Gary Howard <radiation@webmail.co.za>

To: Radiation Safety <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 3:24 PM

Subject: COHEN FIELD DEBATE





> Sirs,

>

> I do think there needs to be a 3rd party to put their view on this

> subject.  May I kindly suggest waiting to see what the NCRP says? Does

> anyone know when their publication will be out?

>

> If they say smoking data is a problem, Field is right!

>

> If they say the way smoking is handled did not cause the inverse

> association Cohen is winner!

>

> I am sure they will address this contentious issue.

>

> Dr. Field, would you accept NCRP views?

>

> Dr. Cohen, you said before that the group includes a physicist - will

> you accept NCRP opinion?

>

> Yes or no is all we need to hear, not another debate!

>

> Truly Howard -

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