[ RadSafe ] NAS "impartiality"

[John Jacobus]

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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