Re: Fear of Radiation

[David Scherer <scherer@uiuc.edu>]

Jim,
It is not at all clear to me that this has anything to do with a numerical
of radiation response.  Do you have any evidence that all radiophobia is
rooted in the linear model?

I am not interested in long, speculative constructions or anecdotes, just
direct, impirical evidence that public fear is caused by a mathematical model.

In the present case, the model of biological response is irrelevent, since
there is no absorbed dose to respond to.

Regards,
Dave Scherer
scherer@uiuc.edu

At 07:46 PM 10/4/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Another real person sacrificed on the altar of the mythical LNT model.
> 
>> Here's another example of the paranoia surrounding radiation exposure,
>> even from those who should know better.
>> 
>> I received a phone call from a distraught mom-to-be. She works for a
>> public law enforcement agency as a guard to the entrance of a public
>> building, in which persons have to enter through a weapons detector, and
>> their personal possessions have to be, you guessed it, inspected by an
>> XRay device. Her occupational health nurse reports that she is at risk
>> due to the xray 'exposure'. She is now laid off from work.
>> 
>> ..and I am not even suprised.
>> 
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>> Stanley L. Wilson, M.M.Sc                   Phone (404)-727-0729
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