[ RadSafe ] NAS "impartiality"

[garyi at trinityphysics.com]

No, I think your right.  The head of the committee was an epidemiologist, right?  That 
should throw up a red flag on any study of low level radiation.

-Gary Isenhower

On 30 Jun 2005 at 9:54,  <jjcohen at prodigy.net> wrote:

> Is anyone familiar with how the National Academy of Science (NAS)
> selects members for its study panels? It seems to me that by judicious
> selection of members, almost any predetermined conclusion can be
> attained. The expert committees can reference or ignore any material
> they choose. They typically compile a massive volume summarizing what
> they have chosen to review and formulate conclusions supposedly based
> upon their review. Maybe I just don't get it, but from the few NAS
> studies I have attempted to understand, it was almost impossible to
> track how the conclusions were reached from the material reviewed. I
> suspect the whole process is largely arbitrary, but perhaps someone
> can straighten me out. Jerry Cohen
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