For fun contrast, here is an old review by an anti-nuclear group, who seemed to have been in denial about BEIR VII because LNT isn't super-linear! They think the BEIR committee is too loosey-goosey!
http://www.nuclear-free.com/english/beirVII.htm
HA! HA!
Science is a process...you take enough folks with enough expertise and perceived objectivity, and you let them get to work on the evidence. And that's what happened in BEIR VII (and previous ones)...and those with their preconceived notions about what the outcomes SHOULD be...go into denial.
And yet, the process is the best process we have!
At least anti-government regulation LNT Denialist-In-Chief, S. Fred Singer was consistently against the LNT:
"In fact, it is an essentially unofficial EPA policy to deny that thresholds exist...consider EPA's stance on dioxins, radon gas, or pesticides..."
http://tobaccodocuments.org/ti/TICT0002555-2573.html?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION&?pattern=ALEXIS+DE+TOCQUEVILLE+INSTITUTION
I wonder how often the radiation LNT deniers (pro- or anti-nunclear) have argued about other toxics?
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