Re: " New ICRP guidelines to 'clarify' collective dose, Dicus says"

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU>]

At 08:10 AM 3/26/2004, RuthWeiner@AOL.COM wrote:

>Are you saying that "potential probability" = "real probability"?  And 

>what is "real probability."?  Is that the same as "non-zero 

>probability"?  And is ICRP therefore saying "a probability [exists] of a 

>health effect [at exposures] ...even as low as 0.01 mSv..." without 

>specifying either the probability or the health effect?  I agree with 

>barbara --- we are in real trouble with this.

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March 26, 2004



To me, the phrase "potential probability" implies that there is a possible 

risk which we cannot quantify and of which we are not sure, but that the 

facts imply that a risk really exists.



Otto





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