The LNT Model Is Wrong and Is Not Useful For Radiation Protection

by Mark Miller | Sep 3, 2020 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis

Siegel J CP BG LtE re Applegate RS LD 9.02.2020 Rebuttal to: Epidemiological Support of the Linear Nonthreshold Model in Radiological Protection – by Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, Roy E. Shore, PhD & Lawrence T. Dauer, PhD We read with much interest the recent...

Epidemiological Support of the Linear Nonthreshold Model in Radiological Protection: Implications of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Q1 Commentary 27 for the Radiologist

by Mark Miller | Sep 3, 2020 | LNT Hypothesis

Applegate Epidemiological LNT JACR 8.31.2020 Be sure to read the rebuttal of the LNT by Jeffry A. Siegel, MS, MS, PhD, Charles W. Pennington, MS, MBA & Bennett S. Greenspan, MD, MS “The LNT Model Is Wrong and Is Not Useful For Radiation...

Estimated Radiation Doses Received by New Mexico Residents from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test

by Mark Miller | Sep 2, 2020 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, LNT Hypothesis

Estimated Radiation Doses Received by New Mexico Residents from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test (1) For the first time, organ doses received by representative persons in four ethnic groups, all age groups, and all counties of New Mexico have been estimated as a result...

National Cancer Institute Cancer Risk Projection Study for the Trinity Nuclear Test Summary of Findings in Health Physics

by Mark Miller | Sep 2, 2020 | LNT Hypothesis, Radiophobia

Community Summary_NCI Cancer Risk Projection Study for the Trinity Nuclear Test (1) Background on the Trinity Test A study to estimate the radiation doses and associated range of excess cancer risk from the world’s first test of a nuclear weapon, conducted in 1945 and...

The Double Threshold: Consequences for Identifying Low-Dose Radiation Effects – Waltar & Feinedegen

by Mark Miller | Aug 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis

Waltar-Feinendegen-2020_Double threshold, Consequences for identifying LDR effects Thresholds A and B should be terms in modeling dose-response functions. Regarding whole-body responses, current data suggest for low-LET acute, non-chronic, irradiation a Threshold B of...

Position Statement of SARI, XLNT and SRI Regarding Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation July 27, 2020

by Mark Miller | Jul 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis, Nuclear Medicine, Radiophobia

Joint Communique of SARI, XLNT, and SRI Regarding the Health Effects of … Recommendation: Substantial scientific evidence supports these statements. If the public, professionals, advisory bodies, governments, and the media understand and act on the above information,...