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Some encouraging signs

 

There are some encouraging signs in the ongoing attempts to overthrow the LNT model:

 

Many articles in journals are questioning the use of the LNT model

• Informed Consent for Radiation Risk from CT Is Unjustified Based on the Current Scientific Evidence

• Does Imaging Technology Cause Cancer? Debunking the Linear No-Threshold Model of Radiation Carcinogenesis

• Is Use of Radiation Hormesis the Missing Link to a Better Cancer Treatment?

• Lung Cancer Hormesis in High Impact States Where Nuclear Testing Occurred

• Beneficial effects of low dose radiation in response to the oncogenic KRAS induced cellular transformation

 

 

More articles in popular media are questioning the wisdom of using the LNT model and recognizing the phenomenon of radiation hormesis:

 

• A Nuclear Paradigm Shift in the Wall Street Journal

• When Radiation Isn’t the Real Risk in New York Times

• Paris, From Terror to Nukes in Huffington Post

• Low-dose radiation from X-rays, CT scans does not cause cancer in Economic Times

 

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