by Mark Miller | Oct 11, 2017 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis
An update on the irradiated Taiwan apartment resident data was published in British Journal of Cancer a week ago by Hsieh, et al. https://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/bjc2017350a.pdf . The conclusion of this publication is similar to that of the...
by Mark Miller | Oct 10, 2017 | LNT Hypothesis
The conclusions of Grant et al . are perfectly compatible with Boice’s subjective view, but given the uncertainties of the LSS data, their analyses are also at least as consistent with a nonzero-threshold model (linear threshold or linear-quadratic threshold) as with...
by Mark Miller | Oct 10, 2017 | Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis
Abstract The historical foundations of cancer risk assessment were based on the discovery of X-ray-induced gene mutations by Hermann J. Muller, its transformation into the linear nonthreshold (LNT) single-hit theory, the recommendation of the model by the US National...
by Mark Miller | Oct 9, 2017 | Nuclear Power
Dear Heather Matteson and Kristin Zaitz, The role of women from the beginning of time has been vitally important: having children, raising children, educating children, care givers for normal health services, during plagues, during times of war, and recently making...
by Mark Miller | Sep 30, 2017 | LNT Hypothesis, Nuclear Power
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