Oy, I see that Congress is going to have hearings on the radiation hormesis thesis, and the EPA is (contrary to most scientific and NAS opinion) recommending that low-levels of radiation be less regulated.https://apnews.com/6a573b6b020e453c90ecd5e84aa23f57?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&__twitter_impression=true …
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While thinking about who the hormesis model benefits, and who funds this research, run Ed Calabrese's name through the Tobacco Industry Legacy Docs database. https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/results/#q=calabrese&h=%7B%22hideDuplicates%22%3Atrue%2C%22hideFolders%22%3Atrue%7D&subsite=tobacco&cache=true&count=1912 …
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I hate getting in discussions about hormesis, as an aside, because non-scientists are easily suckered into the hormesis agenda (because they like to believe it might be true, or something), and don't realize how skimpy the evidence is.
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Hormesis advocates have done a good job of making it seem, on the Internet, like this is a mainstream idea. My discussions with, and readings of, health physicists and geneticists, suggest it is not at all.
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What do you think about the low dose radiation bill last year, and the idea to find if there is a threshold dose?
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I have no problem with funding further research into these questions, assuming it is handled by the scientific community and not micro-managed by those with special interests (one way or another).
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There have been new datasets compiled since the last BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) report, and there is another BEIR report in the works. This is all for the good — but it's not fast.
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But unless we have *very* good evidence to the contrary, I think we ought to err on the side of being conservative on these sorts of things. We have already seen, many times in the past, what erring on the side of being cavalier about risks leads to.
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Now that I think about it, I think this bill has been something bandied about for a while, but it got approval by health physicists this year and passed the house on a voice vote.
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