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Journal of Leukemia

Journal of Leukemia
Open Access

ISSN: 2329-6917

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James S. Welsh

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  • Brief Report
    Leukemia and Ionizing Radiation Revisited
    Author(s): Jerry M. Cuttler and James S. WelshJerry M. Cuttler and James S. Welsh

    A world-wide radiation health scare was created in the late 1950s to stop the testing of atomic bombs and block the development of nuclear energy. In spite of the large amount of evidence that contradicts the cancer predictions, this fear continues. It impairs the use of low radiation doses in medical diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. This brief article revisits the second of two key studies, which revolutionized radiation protection, and identifies a serious error that was missed. This error in analyzing the leukemia incidence among the 195,000 survivors, in the combined exposed populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, invalidates use of the LNT model for assessing the risk of cancer from ionizing radiation. The threshold acute dose for radiation-induced leukemia, based on about 96,800 humans, is identified to be about 50 rem, or 0.5 Sv. It is reasonable to expect that the thresho.. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2329-6917.1000202

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