Fukushima Recovery Workers Probably Safe, Scientist Explains

Tucson, Ariz. A standard hazard function model shows that Fukushima recovery workers probably will suffer no life-threatening radiation damage, writes Bobby R. Scott, Ph.D., of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, N.M. In the same article in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, www.jpands.org/vol16no3/scott.pdf Scott also warns that predicting long-term effects based on the discredited linear no-threshold hypothesis—that no dose is safe—could cause harmful radiation phobia. High-dose radiation damages many body systems, but the bone