Re: Airport screening and medicine

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

I, for one, would prefer to see the arguments made on radsafe supported

by science rather than religious principles such as the "ten commandments,"

the "immaculate conception", or "ALARA".







> I agree with you that it is not worth discussing peoples concerns about

> radiation during flight (did you really refer to it?). If they really

> were concerned they would not fly, whatever the consequences would be.

> But what I really cannot accept is your expression "actual harm". Do we

> have to consider human guinea pigs, which would show harm (probably

> LD50). Did you forget about the ALARA principle? Did you probably forget

> about legal restrictions?

> The number of publications confirming a subject is not proportional to

> its importance and validity!!!! The number of publications not

> confirming it - sorry, no comment, this is mere nonsense.

>

>

> Franz

>

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