Query to Roger Clarke

[hwade@triax.com (H. Wade Patterson)]

Group:
I think we're all aware that UNSCEAR, BEIR, ICRP, and NCRP (UBIN) have
consistently inserted a disclaimer in their various pronouncements.

It always seems to go something like this; "We cannot say whether the
model (LNT) overestimates the risks of exposure to low levels of
radiation or not, and so, while the real risks may be zero we are going
to be on the safe side and use the LNT."

This puts those who wish to challenge whether risks are associated with
small doses in the position of having to prove that they are not.
Unfortunately, proving a negative is difficult, if not impossible.

I think it would be better to take Roger Clarke (ICRP Chair), and
others, at their word when they say, "a single event at the cellular
level can give rise to cancer", and ask them to prove that this is true.

I wonder what evidence they would offer ?

Best wishes.

-- 
Wade

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