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Re: Tooth Fairy (Project)
I agree that research should be peer reviewed prior to publication and prior to being used for a regulatory actions.
I am bothered by those who attempt to block research from being undertaken because they don't agree with the "agenda" of the
investigators. Columbus had trouble obtaining funding, because everyone knew that the earth is flat!
BTW, a lot of the DOE research I've seen is NOT peer reviewed prior to publication as a government report. I remember a speaker
at a ANS meeting pointing this out. Also, one of the reasons for the delay in Yucca Mountain is the inadequate QA for much of
the initial site research. (I can't give an exact citation, but I remember this being covered in a New York "Times" story in
September, 1988.) "Physician, heal thyself!"
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
John Jacobus wrote:
> However, public policy based on bad research does
> bother me. In a number of instances, drugs in the
> market place are recalled due to poor, incomplete or
> fraudulent research done by the manufacturers.
>
> --- LancerGT@AOL.COM wrote:
> > If conducted properly, the TFP advocates may or may
> > not get the results they
> > wish for as result of their study. However, if the
> > the study were to be
> > conducted in a rigorously scientific manner - it
> > would still produce valid data
> > (albeit negative or inconclusive). Then only the
> > utility of the whole thing is in
> > question. Politically speaking, 25k for this kind of
> > mileage among certain NJ
> > constituents could be considered a bargain. It is a
> > cheap way of showing that
> > their concerns are being listened to while not
> > acting on them in a substantial
> > manner. Now that's a good utilization of money that
> > isn't even their's to
> > begin with. Were we to spend so much time on each
> > questionable $25,000 the rest
> > of government has seemingly under utilized - we
> > could... talk a lot more! So
> > after all is said and done what is the worst thing
> > that can happen as a
> > result of this study? Neither junk science nor valid
> > data alarm me.
> > David Lawrence
> > Montclair NJ
> >
>
> =====
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty and . . . you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing."
> Andrew Jackson
>
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail: crispy_bird@yahoo.com
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