Debating validity and effects of assumption that all radiation adds risk
Medical Physics recently hosted a point/counterpoint debate about the effects of assuming that all radiation carries a risk that justifies application of the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable)...
View ArticleObtaining scientific cover for preordained policy decision
I’m working on a story about the demise of the Department of Energy’s Low Dose Radiation Research Program. It’s a lengthy, complicated saga that isn’t yet ready to be published as a complete piece....
View ArticleJournal of Nuclear Medicine article: Fear of medical radiation is based on...
Radiology and nuclear medicine subject matter experts have published an article in the January 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine that provides numerous reasons why people should never...
View ArticleNuclear highlights of Rick Perry’s confirmation hearing plus a suggested action
The Senate Energy and Environment committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski, held a confirmation hearing yesterday for former Texas Governor Rick Perry, the Trump Administration nominee for...
View ArticleDOE execs killed respected science program studying radiation health effects....
Senior Department of Energy executives, several of whom were “Acting” Obama Administration appointees in roles that normally require Senate advice and consent, made decisions that eliminated unique...
View ArticleValue of low dose radiation research ignored by DOE Office of Science managers
The first installment of this series, Inconvenient Low Dose Radiation Science Axed Under Obama Administration, described actions taken by Department of Energy (DOE) managers to ensure that the Low...
View ArticleDear Scott Pruitt – Please establish modern scientific basis for radiation...
Scientists for Accurate Radiation Information (SARI) recently delivered a petition to Scott Pruitt, the new Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The letter, signed by 34...
View ArticleNobel Prize winner Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, nuclear medicine pioneer and fierce...
For International Women’s Day, we’d like to honor a pioneering medical physicist who developed one of the most important medical tools still in use today – radioimmunoassay. Dr. Rosalyn Yalow was a...
View ArticleALARA causes and reinforces excessive fear of low dose radiation
The current practice for controlling ionizing radiation exposures is ALARA – (As Low As Reasonably Achievable). This practice is based on acceptance of the 1950s vintage assertion that all exposure to...
View ArticleChallenging EPA’s legal authority set strict limits on low dose radiation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been seeking input on regulations that should be repealed, replaced or modified. The comment window opened on April 13 and closed on May 15. In response...
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Evidence suggesting LNT was fabricated as a purposeful effort to hamstring...
Arguments about whether or not nuclear energy should play a large role in our future energy mix often stop on the issue of cost and schedule. Even the most stubborn nuclear energy advocates cannot...
View ArticleUsing science to update regulatory approach to radiation protection
Excessive regulation of extremely low radiation doses increases the public fears of nuclear technology, increases the costs borne by society, and can deprive society of the full benefit of that...
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Methods used to create the “no safe dose” myth about radiation supports...
In 1960, there was growing public concern about the potential health effects of atomic radiation. It was well known that low intensity ionizing radiation had always been a part of our natural...
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Displacing LNT assertion with evidence
A joint ANS/HPS (American Nuclear Society/Health Physics Society) meeting titled “Applicability of Radiation Protection Models to Low Dose Protection Standards” (hashtag #LowDose2018) will kick-off...
View ArticleMaking sense from radiation protection controversy
During the past two days, I’ve spent 20-30 hours listening to and participating in a sometimes heated and often polite discussion about the health effects of low dose radiation and the rules...
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Serious, timely, vital conversation about effects of ionizing radiation
Recently, the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society hosted an historically important meeting on updating the scientific basis for low dose radiation protection standards. Attendees...
View ArticleActing EPA administrator appoints Dr. Brant Ulsh to head radiation advisory...
Sometimes, there are benefits to breaking things. It’s often the only way to eliminate barriers and walls that prevent progress. The process can create dust and debris that must be cleaned up to allow...
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Atomic Show #266 – Seeing the Light about atomic energy potential
Facing the immense threat of climate change, the need to power several billion more people and the continuing reluctance to use the most powerful tool available, Scott L. Montgomery and Thomas Graham...
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Why was H. J. Muller an effective tool in effort to exaggerate danger of...
H. J. Muller’s page on Wikipedia begins with the following introduction: Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known...
View ArticleAtomic Show #267 – Dr. Lauren Jackson addresses radiophobia
A couple of weeks ago, I heard Dr. (Isabel) Lauren Jackson talking to Bill Nye on his Science Rules podcast. At the end of his discussion with her, Nye seemed to have changed his mind in the positive...
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