September 13, 2021
Linear No-Threshold Model
Roy W. Spencer
On the subject of the danger of high-dose x-rays, there is a fascinating debate over the linear no-threshold (LNT) model of exposure to things that are known to be dangerous in high doses.
The LNT model was adopted decades ago and is the basis for regulating virtually everything based on the assumption that if a lot of something can kill you, then even tiny amounts are dangerous.
For example, the EPA continually regulates substances to lower and lower levels. This regulatory philosophy comes at great expense to society, because you can not make anything 100% "clean" without lots of $$. It also flies in the face of a lot of evidence that small doses of things (even radiation) can be beneficial because they help stress the human body just enough to cause resilience and resistance. My friend Ed Calabrese has been fighting against the LNT model his whole career:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30763547/?fbclid=IwAR06m0bWailaIDUUxpvJ4GScKRVhTRS3Plrjb-0sI6emi8uthwpLkNAP13w
Tim adds:
When I first came down with Congestive Heart Failure I was given potassium to compensate for the potassium I was losing from lasix. I wound up in the hospital, thinking I had a heart attack. See, some potassium is good but too much can kill you. They use it to execute condemned prisoners! My doctors nigh unto killed me with the stuff.
The point is just because too much bad does not mean none is better. There is a range one must fall within.
On the subject of the danger of high-dose x-rays, there is a fascinating debate over the linear no-threshold (LNT) model of exposure to things that are known to be dangerous in high doses.
The LNT model was adopted decades ago and is the basis for regulating virtually everything based on the assumption that if a lot of something can kill you, then even tiny amounts are dangerous.
For example, the EPA continually regulates substances to lower and lower levels. This regulatory philosophy comes at great expense to society, because you can not make anything 100% "clean" without lots of $$. It also flies in the face of a lot of evidence that small doses of things (even radiation) can be beneficial because they help stress the human body just enough to cause resilience and resistance. My friend Ed Calabrese has been fighting against the LNT model his whole career:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30763547/?fbclid=IwAR06m0bWailaIDUUxpvJ4GScKRVhTRS3Plrjb-0sI6emi8uthwpLkNAP13w
Tim adds:
When I first came down with Congestive Heart Failure I was given potassium to compensate for the potassium I was losing from lasix. I wound up in the hospital, thinking I had a heart attack. See, some potassium is good but too much can kill you. They use it to execute condemned prisoners! My doctors nigh unto killed me with the stuff.
The point is just because too much bad does not mean none is better. There is a range one must fall within.
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Spot-on. Just about anything in too high a quantity can kill you.
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Even water Dana. Your brain swells and you expire.
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"That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger." Yes, but it almost kills us in the process.
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And sometimes the almost must be omitted.
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