The Linear-No-Threshold Line for Cancer Excess Relative Risk Based on Lagging Low Radiation Doses is Misleading.

Keywords: radiation; cancer; risk assessment; LNT; hormesis; threshold EN radiation cancer risk assessment LNT hormesis threshold 1 2 2 12/28/21 20211001 NES 211001 The linear-no-threshold (LNT) model[1] is currently used in low-dose-radiation cancer risk assessment and this practice is supported by organizations that include the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Radiation, cancer, risk assessment, LNT, hormesis, threshold Some of the low dose is discarded (lagging of dose) with the remaining even smaller dose then treated as relevant for cancer induction.[2] This presumed-relevant smaller dose can be expressed mathematically as D-L where D is the assigned total absorbed dose and L (<D) is the discarded amount. [Extracted from the article]