July 2, 2020 Mohan Doss President and Chief Executive Officer Mohan Doss, PhD, MCCPM Medical Physicist, Professor, Diagnostic Imaging, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
XLNT Foundation Worldwide, an estimated 4,000 people die of cancer unnecessarily EVERY DAY. To stop this tragedy, we are dedicated to enabling needed research into the positive health effects of low-dose ionizing radiation (called radiation hormesis). But this research is not happening… because of unwarranted fears surrounding low dose radiation exposure. For more than half a century, the public has been misled about the risks of low-dose radiation. At the root of this lie is the “Linear No Threshold” (LNT) model, according to which the smallest amount of radiation increases cancer risk. If we eliminate the use of the LNT model, we would be able to reduce the fear of low-dose radiation, enable clinical trials of low-dose radiation to prevent cancers, and achieve considerable reduction of cancers, which has been difficult to achieve through traditional approaches. Hence, our mission is: To educate the public on the positive health effects of low dose ionizing radiation, and to campaign for eliminating use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model in order to enhance public health. Our goal is to “X-OUT” LNT. This website will give you all the background and detail you need to understand this issue and what needs to be done to counteract it. Join us! There are indeed many more potential benefits from eliminating the use of the LNT model as described elsewhere in this website. Potential benefits from our success: •
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Reduction of many currently intractable diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's & Parkinson's diseases, diabetes, etc. for which low-dose radiation has shown promise Increased use of safe, clean, reliable, inexpensive, sustainable nuclear power by reducing low-dose radiation concerns and regulations; acceleration of economic development in developing countries and elevation of quality of life 1
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Reduced public concerns regarding low radiation levels; reduced costs to the public of various radiation uses: medical, academic, scientific, and industrial Avoid panic evacuation and casualties in case of radiation accidents involving low level radiation exposure
SARI, Scientists for Accurate Radiation Information Charter: The objective of this group is to monitor for and counter nuclear/radiological misinformation that could adversely impact the world’s ability to effectively respond to nuclear and radiological challenges, to the end point of saving lives. For the world to effectively prepare for and respond to a radiological or nuclear emergency, it is important to have reliable information about risks to humans from both high- and low-level exposures to ionizing radiation and that the general response to the human body from high and low doses is different. Unfortunately, misinformation (such as the linear, no-threshold model (LNT)) about radiation effects on humans is prevalent in the news and other media, especially for low-level-radiation exposure (low-dose and low-dose-rate), as is currently the case for downwind populations of Fukushima. Misinformation (such as the LNT) if not quickly detected and properly countered by reliable information in a timely manner can lead to harm including the unintended loss of many lives as has been demonstrated after the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. Misinformation related to low-level radiation exposure leads to unintended fatalaties1. Our group is multidisciplinary and includes expertise in a variety of areas including radiation source characterization, radiation transport, external and internal radiation dosimetry, radiobiological effects (both harmful and beneficial), dose-response modeling, radiation risk and benefit assessment, nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, commercial nuclear power, technology supporting use of nuclear power, isotope production, and nuclear/radiological emergency management. 1
Fear based on the LNT was responsible for about 100,000 abortions following the Chernobyl accident and is now also responsible for more than 1,000 lives being lost related to Fukushima evacuations (Scott BR and Dobrzyński L. 2012. Dose-Response 10:462-466). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526320/
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Mission: To help prevent unnecessary, radiation-phobia-related deaths, morbidity, and injuries associated with distrust of radio-medical diagnostics/therapies and from nuclear/radiological emergencies through countering phobia-promoting misinformation (such as the LNT) spread by alarmists via the news and other media including journal publications. (2/12/2016)
Origins of the Scientists for Accurate Radiation Information Organization from Scientist for Accurate Radiation Information
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