Sunday, May 8, 2016

Radiation Myths Harming Public Health

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Radiation Myths Harming Public Health by Jay Lehr, February 24, 2010 I was recently invited to lunch by the editors of Newsweek magazine i...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Under-Exposed Book Review in the Journal of American Physicians & Surgeons

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http://www.jpands.org/vol11no1/bookreviews.pdf Under-Exposed: What if Radiation is Actually Good for You? by Ed Hiserodt, 247 pp, ...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Acknowledgements

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Over the past several years I have had occasion to attend seminars and conference where I was able to meet personally with many of those I h...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Appendix Part 2

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3) Immunosurveillance systems are able to eliminate clones of transformed cells, as is shown by tumor cell transplants. The effectiveness of...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Appendix

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Academie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences) Academie nationale de Medecine (National Academy of Medicine) Dose-effect relationships and es...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

The "Linear Mafia's" Last Hurrah?

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On June 29, 2005, a politicized committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences issued a well-publicized report that is in total dis...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Chernobyl Revisited

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Let us return to mankind's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl. We have been told that the embryos and children in the downwind plume of e...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The Environmental Test Lab II

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The unfortunate Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide us with a test lab without peer. Thousands of citizens of all ages were ex...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Cutting the Utility Power Cord

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In the text of the book, I opined, "As far as I know, a low-power, inherently safe reactor has not been designed for community or home ...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

International Recognition

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In May 2005, the French Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine issued a unanimous  report that cut the legs from under both th...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Epilogue

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Writing a book seems to be much like building a house, where the final trimming and painting seems to take as much time as the rest of the p...
Friday, April 22, 2016

Individual Action

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So you're interested in seeing an honest re-evaluation of the effects of low-level radiation. What to do? Of course, buying and distribu...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Other Factors?

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While Logan lists the groups that he believes have an aversion to even considering the possibility of a new regulatory structure, I've g...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Risk Analysis and Others in the Nuclear Field

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The LNT theory and the concept of collective dose make it relatively straightforward for assessors to determine the risk of exposure to radi...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Regulatory Agencies

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There are a number of national and international regulatory agencies (not to mention state, county and municipal affiliates) whose entire re...
Monday, April 18, 2016

The Radon and Remediation Industries

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One of the fascinating features of the free market is an almost instant appearance of entrepreneurs to fill a perceived need. Whether it is ...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

The Anti-Nuclear Camp

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The anti-nuclear zealots will go to any lengths to preserve the myth that "no level of radiation exposure is safe." Their tactic i...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Overcoming Vested Interests

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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.  - Dr. Laurence J. Peter In light of the available...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Yes, You Can Be Too Careful (Part 2)

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Bernard Cohen reports, in his book The Nuclear Energy Option , [Plenum Press, New York, 1990] that $100,000 in medical treatments or highway...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Yes, You Can Be Too Careful

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Hundreds of billions of dollars are to be spent 'remediating' U.S. sites even though there is no scientific basis for claiming any h...