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Re: LNT unimportant????

To: "William V Lipton" <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>, "Wesley" <wesvanpelt@ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: LNT unimportant????
From: "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:53:46 -0700
Cc: "'Les Aldrich'" <laldrich@gte.net>, <epirad@mchsi.com>, <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
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Reply-To: "Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>
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The implication that LNT is unimportant seems puzzling. LNT provides the cornerstone on which the current radiation protection theology is built. Without belief in LNT, there could be no ALARA from which most Health Physicists derive gainful employment. How can that be considered trivial?

>2. Even if the LNT issue were important, it's not going to be proven or disproven by >epidemiology.

References:
- RE: Cohen's Observation
  - From: "Wesley" <wesvanpelt@ATT.NET>
- Re: Cohen's Observation
  - From: William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>

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