Resonse to Meinhold message on LNT

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	TThe validity of LNT in the low dose region is a scientific
question and should be considered in the light of the scientific evidence.
There is now a mountain of evidence against it and I know of not a shred
of evidence supporting it. If there is such evidence, why doesn't somebody
cite it? That would make for a balanced discussion. Unless such evidence
is cited, how can the NCRP position be characterized as "in the middle"?
	The only evidence cited favoring LNT is from a paper by Pierce
based on A-bomb survivor data, but the statement in that paper is not at
all supported by the evidence in that paper.

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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