Re: textbook correct?

[Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

>At 04:45 PM 2/12/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I get 
>>the feeling that such x-rays are of low dose, and low doses have no 
>>harmful effects.
>
>>David F. Gilmore
>>Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology    0  0 
>>P.O. Box 599, Dept. of Biological Sciences       __    "have a day" 
>>Arkansas State University 
>>State University, AR 72467
>>dgilmore@navajo.astate.edu
>>ph  501-972-3082    fax 501-972-2638
>>
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Dear all,

I have now read such a lot about low doses during many years, I followed the
recent vivid discussions about the LNT hypothesis and the radon issue. I
appreciate the scientific interest of so many people to prove whether
different models describe reality and whether there is a threshold or not.
But my practical and pragmatic approach to this question can be summarized
in one sentence:

If it is so difficult, needs epidemiological investigations with thousands
or millions of cases, millions of dollars every year for research and there
is still no consent and no widely agreed proof for either opinion, then the
effect cannot be significant. 

Am I the only one who thinks like that?

Franz
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