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LNT has never been established and probably never will be. It is still used in some contexts for conservative safety analysis. Places with multiple times typica
by gregbot 1y ago
LNT has never been established and probably never will be. It is still used in some contexts for conservative safety analysis. Places with multiple times typical background activity do not have measurably higher cancer rates.
- tehjoker 1y agoBEIR VII still supports LNT. There's some criticisms, but it seems like a pretty safe guess that just because the uncertainty climbs at low doses it's not just a straight line projection from the closest easier to ascertain value. Maybe some people are better at DNA repair, but some people have DNA repair defects too. The number of ion tracks is going to correlate with number of DNA breaks, and DNA breaks correlate with increased cancer. https://www.epa.gov/radiation/blue-book-epa-radiogenic-cancer-risk-models-and-projections-us-population#getacopy https://www.epa.gov/radiation/blue-book-epa-radiogenic-cance...