[ RadSafe ] NAS "impartiality"

[John Jacobus]

Whatever the findings, it is the results of these
studies that is important.  Will legislation be
changed?  If not, so be it.

--- Jim Hardeman <Jim_Hardeman at dnr.state.ga.us> wrote:

> Jim et al. *
>  
> A friend of mine pointed out that the French Academy
> of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine
> recently (as in March 2005) UNANIMOUSLY adopted a
> report that has findings diametrically opposed to
> the BEIR committee. Appears to me that they may have
> actually addressed some of the research that the
> BEIR committee appears to have dismissed out of
> hand.
>  
> My $0.02 worth ...
>  
> Jim Hardeman
> Jim_Hardeman at dnr.state.ga.us
> 
> 
> >>> "Muckerheide, James" <jimm at wpi.edu> 6/30/2005
> 14:30:41 >>>
> 
> BEIR Committees are select4ed by the permanent Board
> on Radiation Effects
> Research.  A few years ago this Board was directed
> in what it should do by
> Warren Sinclair.  It is part of the permanent
> self-selected cabal that runs
> rad protection in the US and internationally.  (Note
> the extensive int'l
> participation.)
> 
> Regards, Jim Muckerheide
> ________________________________
> 
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl on behalf of
> jjcohen at prodigy.net
> Sent: Thu 6/30/2005 12:54 PM
> To: radsafe
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] NAS "impartiality"
> 
> 
> 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
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