by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Core thesis:This article argues that it is time to replace the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) model with a “Linear Threshold” (LT) model for radiation protection, and that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should also eliminate the...
by admin | Jul 18, 2019 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Primary focus:This article investigates how cellular adaptive responses influence the relationship between low-dose ionizing radiation and biological effects, questioning whether a strictly proportional relationship (as assumed in the Linear...
by admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Scope of the special issue:This special issue of Chemico-Biological Interactions brings together multiple articles examining how low-dose chemical and physical stressors, including ionizing radiation, interact with biological systems. The...
by admin | Jun 11, 2019 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Main topic:This article examines how low-dose ionizing radiation affects biological systems, with a focus on evidence challenging the traditional assumption that risk increases linearly with dose starting from zero. It reviews cellular and...
by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Core focus:This article explores how low-dose ionizing radiation affects biological systems, with particular emphasis on subtle cellular and molecular responses that arise at doses far below those typically associated with direct DNA damage....
by Mark Miller | Mar 24, 2019 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis
CONCLUSION The story of cancer risk assessment as told by regulatory agencies such as the EPA is really a profound example of flawed science—the product of errors, deception, perverse incentives from academic grants, and ideology. A major remaining question is whether...