Radiation, Science, and Health Documents

BEIR VII Report and initial comments

BEIR VII Report
(pre-publication version distributed to the media, June 2005)
[755p, PDF 4.7 MB]

BEIR VII Summary Report (June 2005)
[4p, PDF 162 KB]
 

Ludwig Feinendegen and Myron Pollycove, Aug 25, 2005 [3p, DOC 39 KB]

Maurice Tubiana and Andre Aurengo, "Dose-effect relationship and estimation of the carcinogenic effects of low doses of ionizing radiation." Manuscript, 5 Oct 2005, to be published in Int'l Journal of Low Radiation. [23p, PDF 170 KB]
This is a report on the biased BEIR VII Report (which was issued by a carefully selected Committee for the "Board on Radiation Effects Research") intended to confirm the policies to apply the "linear no-threshold" presumption by the self-serving funding agency, the US EPA, and other US Federal and state government agencies (with no involvement of the National Academy of Sciences, vs. the scientific review of the existing evidence on radiation health effects that was unanimously adopted 30 Mar 2005 by both the French Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. [58 p, PDF 360 KB]