tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435142206590835682024-02-08T07:57:02.593-08:00An Open Letter to Advisory Bodies Regarding Low Dose Radiation Cancer RiskMohan Dosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18213984457780145135noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2043514220659083568.post-23800704745544420972014-02-28T17:00:00.000-08:002014-03-01T15:56:38.145-08:00An Open Letter to Advisory Bodies Regarding Low Dose Radiation Cancer Risk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 13pt;">An Open Letter to Advisory Bodies<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b><u><span style="font-size: 13pt;">[†]</span></u></b></span></span></a> Regarding Low Dose Radiation Cancer Risk</span></u></b></div>
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The linear no-threshold (LNT) model was adopted
worldwide for radiation safety purposes in the 1950s following the
recommendations of the various international and national advisory bodies <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Calabrese</Author><Year>2009</Year><RecNum>26</RecNum><DisplayText>[1]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>1</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">1</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Calabrese,
E.
J.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Environmental
Health Sciences Division, Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts,
Morrill I, N344, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu</auth-address><titles><title>The
road to linearity: why linearity at low doses became the basis for carcinogen
risk assessment</title><secondary-title>Arch
Toxicol</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Arch
Toxicol</full-title></periodical><pages>203-25</pages><volume>83</volume><number>3</number><edition>2009/02/28</edition><keywords><keyword>Animals</keyword><keyword>Carcinogenicity
Tests</keyword><keyword>Carcinogens/*toxicity</keyword><keyword>*Dose-Response
Relationship, Drug</keyword><keyword>History, 20th
Century</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>*Linear
Models</keyword><keyword>Mutation</keyword><keyword>Risk
Assessment/history/methods</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2009</year><pub-dates><date>Mar</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1432-0738
(Electronic)&#xD;0340-5761
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>19247635</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19247635</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1007/s00204-009-0412-4</electronic-resource-num><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_1" title="Calabrese, 2009 #26"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. The decision to use a linear model was based on the
observation of linear dependence of increased mutations in drosophila melanogaster
subjected to high dose radiation, and linear dependence of increased leukemias
in atomic bomb survivors exposed to high dose radiation. In spite of the considerable amount of evidence
available in the 1950s for the presence of a large threshold dose both for radiation-induced
mutations <!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Calabrese</Author><Year>2013</Year><RecNum>2</RecNum><DisplayText>[2]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>2</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">2</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Calabrese,
E.
J.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department
of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts,
Morrill I, N344, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA,
edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu.</auth-address><titles><title>How
the US National Academy of Sciences misled the world community on cancer risk
assessment: new findings challenge historical foundations of the linear dose
response</title><secondary-title>Arch
Toxicol</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Arch
Toxicol</full-title></periodical><edition>2013/08/06</edition><dates><year>2013</year><pub-dates><date>Aug
4</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1432-0738
(Electronic)&#xD;0340-5761
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>23912675</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23912675</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1007/s00204-013-1105-6</electronic-resource-num><language>Eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_2" title="Calabrese, 2013 #2"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> and for leukemias <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Cuttler</Author><Year>2014</Year><RecNum>3</RecNum><DisplayText>[3]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>3</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">3</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Cuttler,
Jerry
M.</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Leukemia
incidence of 96,000 Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors is compelling evidence that
the LNT model is wrong</title><secondary-title>Archives of
Toxicology</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Archives
of Toxicology</full-title></periodical><volume>Online
First.</volume><edition>Feb 7,
2014</edition><dates><year>2014</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00204-014-1207-9/fulltext.html</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1007/s00204-014-1207-9</electronic-resource-num></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_3" title="Cuttler, 2014 #3"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">3</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, the concept of zero threshold dose was adopted by
the advisory bodies, violating basic scientific principles <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Doss</Author><Year>2014</Year><RecNum>33</RecNum><DisplayText>[4]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>4</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">4</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Doss,
M</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Adoption
of Linear No-Threshold Model Violated Basic Scientific Principles and Was
Harmful</title><secondary-title>Archives of
Toxicology</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Archives
of Toxicology</full-title></periodical><volume> (Pre
Press)</volume><edition>Feb 7,
2014</edition><dates><year>2014</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00204-014-1208-8/fulltext.html</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1007/s00204-014-1208-8</electronic-resource-num></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_4" title="Doss, 2014 #33"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. In addition, the consequent radiation safety
policies recommended by the advisory bodies to keep the radiation doses as low
as reasonably achievable prevented the study of radiation hormesis when it was
proposed in 1980 <!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Luckey</Author><Year>1980</Year><RecNum>30</RecNum><DisplayText>[5]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>5</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">5</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Book">6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Luckey,
T.
D.</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Hormesis
with ionizing radiation</title></titles><pages>222
p.</pages><keywords><keyword>Ionizing radiation Physiological
effect.</keyword><keyword>Radiobiology.</keyword></keywords><dates><year>1980</year></dates><pub-location>Boca
Raton, Fla.</pub-location><publisher>CRC
Press</publisher><isbn>0849358418</isbn><accession-num>864422</accession-num><call-num>Jefferson
or Adams Building Reading Rooms QP82.2.I53; L82&#xD;Jefferson or Adams
Building Reading Rooms - STORED OFFSITE QP82.2.I53;
L82</call-num><urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
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style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. Thus, these recommendations derailed the scientific
method, since one unverified hypothesis was used to prevent the study of a
competing hypothesis, stalling scientific progress in the field, and leaving
the simple question whether the health effects of low dose radiation are
beneficial or harmful unresolved even after intense study for many decades <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Doss</Author><Year>2014</Year><RecNum>25</RecNum><DisplayText>[6]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>6</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">6</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Doss,
M</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Correcting
Systemic Deficiencies in Our Scientific
Infrastructure</title><secondary-title>Dose
Response</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Dose
Response</full-title></periodical><volume> In
Press.</volume><dates><year>2014</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://dose-response.metapress.com/link.asp?id=11h3l8t067886g08</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.2203/dose-response.13-046.Doss</electronic-resource-num></record></Cite></EndNote><span
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Though there has been a considerable amount of
published evidence against the LNT model for radiation-induced cancers during
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</xml><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, the LNT model continues to be widely promulgated. The atomic bomb
survivor data, for example, have been used to support the LNT model of cancer
risk in the influential BEIR VII report <!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE
<EndNote><Cite><Author>NRC</Author><Year>2006</Year><RecNum>4</RecNum><DisplayText>[10]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>10</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">10</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Book">6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>NRC</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Health
risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation : BEIR VII Phase 2,
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess Health Risks from
Exposure to Low Level of Ionizing Radiation.</title></titles><pages>xvi,
406 p.</pages><keywords><keyword>Ionizing radiation
Toxicology.</keyword><keyword>Ionizing radiation Physiological
effect.</keyword><keyword>Ionizing radiation Dose-response
relationship.</keyword><keyword>Radiation Injuries.</keyword><keyword>Radiation,
Ionizing.</keyword><keyword>Dose-Response Relationship,
Radiation.</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2006</year></dates><pub-location>Washington,
D.C.</pub-location><publisher>National Academies Press</publisher><isbn>030909156X
(pbk.)&#xD;0309530407 (pdf)&#xD;9780309091565</isbn><call-num>Jefferson
or Adams Building Reading Rooms RA1231.R2; H395 2006&#xD;Jefferson or Adams
Building Reading Rooms - STORED OFFSITE RA1231.R2; H395
2006</call-num><urls><related-urls><url> http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11340</url></related-urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_10" title="NRC, 2006 #4"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> and in many peer-reviewed publications, e.g. <!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE
<EndNote><Cite><Author>Brenner</Author><Year>2007</Year><RecNum>5</RecNum><DisplayText>[11]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>11</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">11</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Brenner,
D. J.</author><author>Hall, E.
J.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Center
for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
10032, USA.
djb3@columbia.edu</auth-address><titles><title>Computed
tomography--an increasing source of radiation exposure</title><secondary-title>N
Engl J
Med</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>N
Engl J
Med</full-title></periodical><pages>2277-84</pages><volume>357</volume><number>22</number><keywords><keyword>Adult</keyword><keyword>Child</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Neoplasms,
Radiation-Induced/*epidemiology/etiology</keyword><keyword>Radiation
Dosage</keyword><keyword>Radiologic
Health</keyword><keyword>Risk</keyword><keyword>Tomography,
X-Ray Computed/*adverse effects/trends/utilization</keyword><keyword>Unnecessary
Procedures/*adverse
effects</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2007</year><pub-dates><date>Nov
29</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>18046031</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18046031</url></related-urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_11" title="Brenner, 2007 #5"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">11</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. Even in the latest update to the atomic bomb
survivor data <!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Ozasa</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>6</RecNum><DisplayText>[12]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>12</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">12</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Ozasa,
K.</author><author>Shimizu, Y.</author><author>Suyama,
A.</author><author>Kasagi, F.</author><author>Soda,
M.</author><author>Grant, E. J.</author><author>Sakata,
R.</author><author>Sugiyama, H.</author><author>Kodama,
K.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>a
Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5-2
Hijiyama-koen, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 732-0815,
Japan.</auth-address><titles><title>Studies of the mortality
of atomic bomb survivors, report 14, 1950-2003: an overview of cancer and
noncancer diseases</title><secondary-title>Radiat
Res</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Radiat
Res</full-title></periodical><pages>229-43</pages><volume>177</volume><number>3</number><edition>2011/12/17</edition><dates><year>2012</year><pub-dates><date>Mar</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1938-5404
(Electronic)&#xD;0033-7587
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>22171960</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171960</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1667/RR2629.1</electronic-resource-num><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_12" title="Ozasa, 2012 #6"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">12</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, the authors have claimed that zero dose is the best
estimate for a dose threshold for solid cancer mortality, apparently supporting
the LNT model. However, their
dose-threshold analysis should be considered faulty since it restricted the
possible functional forms of the dose-response relationship <i>a priori</i>. An analysis that used a
more general functional form to fit the data has demonstrated that the presence
of a dose threshold cannot be excluded <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Doss</Author><Year>2013</Year><RecNum>7</RecNum><DisplayText>[13]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>13</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
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Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Doss,
M.</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Linear
No-Threshold Model vs. Radiation
Hormesis</title><secondary-title>Dose
Response</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Dose
Response</full-title></periodical><pages>480-497</pages><volume>11</volume><number>4</number><edition>24
May 2013</edition><section>480</section><dates><year>2013</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24298226</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.2203/dose-response.13-005.Doss</electronic-resource-num></record></Cite></EndNote><span
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style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. In addition,
a recent analysis of the atomic bomb survivor data using artificial neural
networks has revealed the presence of a threshold dose that varied with organ,
gender, etc. and the reduction of some cancers at low doses <!--[if supportFields]><span
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Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Sasaki,
M. S.</author><author>Tachibana,
A.</author><author>Takeda, S.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Kyoto
University, 17-12 Shironosato, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-0835,
Japan.</auth-address><titles><title>Cancer risk at low doses
of ionizing radiation: artificial neural networks inference from atomic bomb
survivors</title><secondary-title>J Radiat Res</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>J
Radiat Res</full-title></periodical><volume> In
Press.</volume><edition>2013/12/25</edition><dates><year>2014</year><pub-dates><date>Dec
22</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1349-9157
(Electronic)&#xD;0449-3060
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Another study used to justify carcinogenic concerns
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Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Brenner,
D. J.</author><author>Hall, E.
J.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Center
for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
10032, USA. djb3@columbia.edu</auth-address><titles><title>Computed
tomography--an increasing source of radiation
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Med</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>N
Engl J
Med</full-title></periodical><pages>2277-84</pages><volume>357</volume><number>22</number><keywords><keyword>Adult</keyword><keyword>Child</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Neoplasms,
Radiation-Induced/*epidemiology/etiology</keyword><keyword>Radiation
Dosage</keyword><keyword>Radiologic
Health</keyword><keyword>Risk</keyword><keyword>Tomography,
X-Ray Computed/*adverse effects/trends/utilization</keyword><keyword>Unnecessary
Procedures/*adverse
effects</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2007</year><pub-dates><date>Nov
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</xml><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. A re-analysis of the
cancer mortality data of the Canadian nuclear workers <!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE
<EndNote><Cite><Author>CNSC</Author><Year>2011</Year><RecNum>11</RecNum><DisplayText>[17]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>17</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">17</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Web
Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>CNSC</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>INFO-0811.
Verifying Canadian Nuclear Energy Worker Radiation Risk: A Reanalysis of Cancer
Mortality in Canadian Nuclear Energy Workers (1957-1994) Summary Report,
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.</title></titles><volume>Accessed
Sep 1, 2013</volume><dates><year>2011</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://goo.gl/m4NW3p<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Published June
2011.</url></related-urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_17" title="CNSC, 2011 #11"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">17</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> has resulted in a negation of the original conclusion
of the entire 15‑country radiation worker study regarding cancer risks from low
doses of radiation <!--[if supportFields]><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE
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app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">18</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Zablotska,
L. B.</author><author>Lane, R.
S.</author><author>Thompson, P.
A.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of
California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.&#xD;Directorate of Environmental
and Radiation Protection and Assessment, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission,
Ottawa, ON K1P 5S9, Canada.</auth-address><titles><title>A
reanalysis of cancer mortality in Canadian nuclear workers (1956-1994) based on
revised exposure and cohort data</title><secondary-title>Br J
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J
Cancer</full-title></periodical><pages>214-23</pages><volume>110</volume><number>1</number><edition>2013/11/16</edition><dates><year>2014</year><pub-dates><date>Jan
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conclusion about the cancer risk from low doses of radiation, and that the
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alternate (non-LNT) models and the beneficial effects of low doses of radiation
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style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->, and the evidence presented in these publications have not been
challenged or repudiated in any peer-reviewed publication. The advisory bodies have however ignored such
publications without clearly stating why the evidence and arguments presented
in such publications are invalid, and they continue to promote the use of the
LNT model. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The continuing recommendations supporting the use of
the LNT model by the advisory bodies has had significant adverse societal
implications, particularly with regard to radiation protection policies and
public perception regarding radiation risk. For example, use of the LNT model
has led to substantial casualties in real-life situations because of the
ensuing fear of low doses of radiation among the general public, and the
actions taken by governments when handling radiological emergencies, e.g. in Fukushima <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Ichiseki</Author><Year>2013</Year><RecNum>21</RecNum><DisplayText>[27]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>27</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">27</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Ichiseki,
H.</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Features
of disaster-related deaths after the Great East Japan
Earthquake</title><secondary-title>Lancet</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Lancet</full-title></periodical><pages>204</pages><volume>381</volume><number>9862</number><edition>2013/01/22</edition><keywords><keyword>Cause
of
Death</keyword><keyword>Earthquakes/*mortality</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Japan/epidemiology</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2013</year><pub-dates><date>Jan
19</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1474-547X (Electronic)&#xD;0140-6736
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>23332962</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23332962</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60091-4</electronic-resource-num><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_27" title="Ichiseki, 2013 #21"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">27</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. The use of
the LNT model has also led to frivolous lawsuits when emergency responders were
exposed to low levels of radiation near Fukushima <!--[if supportFields]><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>McLernon</Author><Year>2014</Year><RecNum>31</RecNum><DisplayText>[28]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>28</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
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name="Web
Page">12</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>McLernon,
Sean
</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>US
Sailors Seek $1B From Tepco For Radiation Exposure</title></titles><number>Feb
14, 2014</number><dates><year>2014</year></dates><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.law360.com/articles/508457/us-sailors-seek-1b-from-tepco-for-radiation-exposure</url></related-urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_28" title="McLernon, 2014 #31"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">28</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. The
unwarranted concerns regarding low doses of radiation have discouraged study of
the use of low dose radiation for the prevention and treatment of cancer, even
though animal and human studies have demonstrated its positive potential <!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Sakamoto</Author><Year>2004</Year><RecNum>16</RecNum><DisplayText>[22]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>22</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">22</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Sakamoto,
K.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Tohoku
Radiological Science Center, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0811,
Japan.</auth-address><titles><title>Radiobiological basis for
cancer therapy by total or half-body
irradiation</title><secondary-title>Nonlinearity Biol Toxicol
Med</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Nonlinearity
Biol Toxicol
Med</full-title></periodical><pages>293-316</pages><volume>2</volume><number>4</number><edition>2004/10/01</edition><dates><year>2004</year><pub-dates><date>Oct</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1540-1421
(Print)&#xD;1540-1421
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>19330149</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19330149</url></related-urls></urls><custom2>2657505</custom2><electronic-resource-num>10.1080/15401420490900254</electronic-resource-num><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
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style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. Such concerns have also discouraged the study of low
dose radiation for reducing neurodegenerative diseases for which presently
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style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. Finally, unwarranted concerns about the low doses of radiation used
in medical imaging have led some patients to forego medically appropriate
examinations, even when such exams are necessary for accurate diagnosis or
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<EndNote><Cite><Author>Hendee</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>24</RecNum><DisplayText>[31]</DisplayText><record><rec-number>31</rec-number><foreign-keys><key
app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">31</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Journal
Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Hendee,
W. R.</author><author>O&apos;Connor, M.
K.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department
of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55901, USA.
whendee@mcw.edu</auth-address><titles><title>Radiation risks
of medical imaging: separating fact from
fantasy</title><secondary-title>Radiology</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Radiology</full-title></periodical><pages>312-21</pages><volume>264</volume><number>2</number><edition>2012/07/24</edition><keywords><keyword>Diagnostic
Imaging/*adverse effects</keyword><keyword>Dose-Response
Relationship, Radiation</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Incidence</keyword><keyword>Japan</keyword><keyword>Neoplasms,
Radiation-Induced/*epidemiology</keyword><keyword>Nuclear
Warfare</keyword><keyword>Radiation Dosage</keyword><keyword>*Radiation,
Ionizing</keyword><keyword>Radiometry/methods</keyword><keyword>Risk
Assessment</keyword><keyword>Risk
Factors</keyword><keyword>Survivors</keyword><keyword>United
States/epidemiology</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2012</year><pub-dates><date>Aug</date></pub-dates></dates><isbn>1527-1315
(Electronic)&#xD;0033-8419
(Linking)</isbn><accession-num>22821690</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22821690</url></related-urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.1148/radiol.12112678</electronic-resource-num><language>eng</language></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_31" title="Hendee, 2012 #24"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">31</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]-->. Thus, though
the LNT model was touted as a conservative measure and a simplified,
straightforward regulatory approach, its actual use has led to tremendous harm,
and it is imperative that alternative paradigms for radiation safety are considered
and adopted. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Considering the overwhelming amount of data that
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app="EN" db-id="9xa59tst3a2pfceta5wp9fscpf9ezepwztxw">23</key></foreign-keys><ref-type
name="Book Section">5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Feinendegen,
Ludwig E.</author><author>Pollycove, Myron<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></author><author>Neumann, Ronald
D. </author></authors><secondary-authors><author>Baum,
Richard
P.</author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title>Hormesis
by Low Dose Radiation Effects: Low-Dose Cancer Risk Modeling Must Recognize
Up-Regulation of Protection</title><secondary-title>Therapeutic
Nuclear
Medicine</secondary-title></titles><dates><year>2013</year></dates><publisher>Springer</publisher><isbn>
978-3-540-36718-5</isbn><urls><related-urls><url>http://goo.gl/qD8yIG</url></related-urls></urls></record></Cite></EndNote><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span><![endif]-->[<a href="file:///C:/Root/_____________Camp/An%20Open%20Letter%20to%20Advisory%20Bodies%20%20Regarding%20Low%20Dose%20Radiation%20Cancer%20Risk%20for%20Distribution.doc#_ENREF_23" title="Feinendegen, 2013 #17"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">23</span></a>]<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></span><![endif]--> and the resultant invalidation of the LNT model, we
urge you to recognize this publicly with a declaration and recommend to governments
that they discontinue the use of the LNT model for radiation safety purposes,
supplanting it with a threshold model.
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We would be happy to discuss this matter with you or
provide additional information for your consideration. Thank you for your kind
attention to this important issue. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mohan Doss, Fox Chase Cancer
Center, USA (<span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:mohan.doss@fccc.edu">mohan.doss@fccc.edu</a></span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Wade Allison, Oxford
University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Allen Brodsky,
Georgetown University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mervyn D. Cohen, Indiana
University School of Medicine, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Jerry Cuttler, Cuttler &
Associates, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ludwik Dobrzynski, National
Center for Nuclear Research, Poland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Vincent J. Esposito,
University of Pittsburgh, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Heinrich-Heine University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Krzysztof W. Fornalski,
Polish Nuclear Society, Poland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Leo S. Gomez, Leo S. Gomez Consulting, USA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ed Hiserodt, Controls &
Power, Inc, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Patricia Lewis, Free
Enterprise Radon Health Mine, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Cynthia H. McCollough, Mayo
Clinic, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark L. Miller, Sandia
National Laboratories, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Steven S. Payne, National
Nuclear Security Administration (Retired), </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Col USAF (Retired), USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Charles W. Pennington,
Executive Consultant, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<pre><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Jeffrey S. Philbin, Sandia National Laboratories (Retired), USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Chary Rangacharyulu,
University of Saskatchewan, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Charles L. Sanders, Korea
Adv. Inst. of Science and Technology, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> S. Korea (Retired), USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bobby R. Scott, Lovelace
Respiratory Research Institute, USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Yehoshua Socol, Falcon
Analytics, Israel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael G Stabin, Vander<span lang="DE">bilt University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruth F. Weiner, Former
Member of the NRC Advisory Committee on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nuclear Waste and Materials</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">, USA</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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