LNT info for the layperson

["Chris Clement" <clement@vaxxine.com>]

Radsafers:

I am currently providing some technical advice to a community-based
committee who are investigating the potential health effects of low-level
radioactive waste in their town.  I have been impressed with their efforts
to take a scientifically defensible approach to the problem.

I was recently approached by a member of this committee in regards to an
article in Time 1997 June 23.  The title is "A-Bomb Fallout: Radiation
kills but not as effectively as we thought" by Dick Thompson.  It said that
it was reporting on a conference in Washington in June on the medical
effects of fallout.  Although the it wasn't referred to explicitly, the
focus was on rethinking LNT for low-levels of radiation.  One of the key
sentences was "Below certain very low levels, it may cause no harm at all."
 It seemed to be attributed to Evan Douple of the National Academy of
Sciences (a "leading expert in the field").

In any event, I was asked to get a copy of the agenda or perhaps abstracts
of the papers given.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I don't
even know which conference this was.  I'm not sure if it will help much,
since I think that his interest has more to do with the current thinking on
LNT than fallout specifically, so I also briefly discussed the idea of LNT
with this individual, and mentioned that it is currently being rethought by
the health physics community.  He wanted to know more, and I promised to
get some more information for him.  Perhaps someone out there can help me
find a few general papers or other references on LNT and the current
thinking of the scientific community.  I'd be a little surprised if there
is something with a lay audience in mind, but that would be preferred if
possible.  If not, I'll pass on whatever I can get and provide some
interpretation.

Thanks very much.

Chris Clement
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
clement@vaxxine.com