The hormesis effect has been demonstrated repeatedly in biological studies using indicator organisms. The same organisms used for testing drugs. If the organisms are suitable for extrapolating for drugs then why not for radiation?
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But let's go back to the no-threshold model. It assumes that a single x-ray creates irreparable genetic damage (i.e. that our bodies lack genetic repair mechanisms). That is demonstrably untrue. Thus we know that the model fails at extremely low exposures. 1/
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