10 Key Points
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The letter responds to Bahadori’s comments on the History of the LNT Model documentary.
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The videos aimed to show how the U.S. adopted LNT, not to argue for or against it.
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Calabrese’s research highlights flaws: Muller’s extreme fruit fly doses extrapolated to zero.
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Muller’s Nobel lecture lacked real data and ignored contrary results (e.g., Caspari).
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Critics like McClintock and Stadler showed Muller’s “mutations” were actually chromosome deletions.
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The NAS BEAR Genetics Panel relied on weak, unpublished, or missing data and even altered records.
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Human studies (like the Japanese A-bomb survivor data) showing thresholds were sidelined.
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Politics, money, and bias helped entrench LNT despite evidence for thresholds or hormesis.
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Cardarelli stresses this is documented history—ignoring it is ignoring science.
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He calls for harmonized, realistic radiation protection policies, not rigid literal use of LNT