Re: Dose vs Regs cont'd

[tdc@ehssun.lbl.gov (Ted M. de Castro)]

>>I continue to believe that we should set the limit,
>>work to it, do ALARA above it, and study those who actually get about
>>the limit each year. If we don't see any effects, continue to use the
>>limit. It is only after we have convincing evidence that 5 rem per year
>>is, in fact, harmful that we should lower the limit.

Al, While I find myself in agreement with most of what you are saying - 
after supressing the gut reaction from YEARS of conditioning - the protocol 
you outline above could be easily construed to be the "forbidden 
experiment"!

If such were in fact done it would need to be couched in very different 
terminology to not sound so much like a human experiment.