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The Genetics Panel of the NAS BEAR I Committee (1956): epistolary evidence suggests self-interest may have prompted an exaggeration of radiation risks that led to the adoption of the LNT cancer risk assessment model.
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Archives of toxicology [Arch Toxicol] 2014 Sep; Vol. 88 (9), pp. 1631-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jul 04. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper extends a series of historical papers which demonstrated that the linear-no-threshold (LNT) model for cancer risk assessment was founded on ideological-based scientific deceptions by key radiation genetics leaders. Based on an assessment of recently uncovered personal correspondence, it is shown that some members of the United States (US) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation I (BEAR I) Genetics Panel were motivated by self-interest to exaggerate risks to promote their science and personal/professional agenda. Such activities have profound implications for public policy and may have had a significant impact on the adoption of the LNT model for cancer risk assessment.
- Subjects :
- Biomedical Research economics
Correspondence as Topic
Deception
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Health Policy economics
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
Professional Misconduct ethics
Research Support as Topic
Risk Assessment
Truth Disclosure
United States epidemiology
Workforce
Health Policy history
Leukemia, Radiation-Induced epidemiology
Models, Biological
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced epidemiology
Professional Misconduct history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-0738
- Volume :
- 88
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of toxicology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24993953
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-014-1306-7