Re: The Latest on Low Doses....

[Chris Davey <cdavey@med.phys.ualberta.ca>]

Here's a quote from the latest Bulletin of the Canadian Radiation 
Protection Association.  (Vol 18 Number 1 January 1997, page 6)

(Editorial by Chris Pomroy:)

"A report in Nucleonics Week for 14 November 1996, reviews the latest 
RERF data which covers the period 1985-1990, and shows a cancer risk at 
doses as low as 50 mSv.  This is viewed by the ICRP as vindicating the 
position taken in ICRP 60.  The French Academy of Sciences, which had 
been critical of the ICRP position, has now agreed to revise its views, 
while retaining the opinion that dises much lower than 50 mSv may be 
harmless.  Obviously the scientific argument is still very much alive, 
but for the purpose of dose limits, conservatism has been shown to be the 
safe approach."

Can any of our resident experts (who, for one thing, may have access to 
these documents) provide any response (either in agreement or opposition) 
to this conclusion?

Thanks,

Chris Davey

        RSO  Cross Cancer Institute  11560 University Avenue
        Edmonton   Alberta   Canada  T6G 1Z2
        (403)432-8616   fax 432-8615    email cdavey@med.phys.ualberta.ca