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LNT Controversy - medphys

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Are you aware of the growing list of publications which support a Radiation Threshold hypothesis?

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Are you aware of the growing list of publications which support a Radiation Hormesis hypothesis?

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At this time, which of the following best describes your allegiance?

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Please add any comment regarding your thoughts on this topic.

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I have been an advocate for a possible for hormetic effect since the mid 90s when I was a graduate student. Dr. John Cameron was kind enough to share his views and some of his slides with me way back then. He even believed that someone ought to do a study where one of the cohorts background radiation was raised to a level equipment to hide background areas to study before medic factInterestingly most radiation oncologists and radiation physicists that I talked to at the time were very receptive to the possibility. It is kind of nice to hear of a growing list of publications supporting the possibility.
6/9/2015 11:53 AM
If and when the threshold hypothesis gets implemented (I'm not holding my breath) it would be easier to do studies on the hormesis hypothesis to investigate the validity of implementing it.
6/8/2015 07:03 PM
LNT seems more conservative and thus safer. Unfortunately it seems to be misused to an extent that may be causing material harm and certainly increases costs. Scientifically I have no allegiance but sociologically I think a threshold model is needed.
6/8/2015 05:42 PM
Some articles on LNT make me question if it was adopted for political instead of scientific reasons
6/8/2015 01:26 PM
Way Overdue
6/6/2015 05:56 PM
It is not my allegiance, but what the evidence supports.
6/5/2015 06:49 PM
We have nothing to fear but BEIR itself.
6/5/2015 06:39 PM
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