[ RadSafe ] NAS "impartiality"

John Jacobus crispy_bird at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 1 15:38:01 CEST 2005


So, epidemiologists cannot be impartial?  What test
should they use to determine membership?

Is the problem with the membership or the conclusion,
as it does not meet what some believe?

--- garyi at trinityphysics.com wrote:

> 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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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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