Letter to Dr. Wachholz
June 30, 1981
Page 4
10.
Bob Conard's Forthcoming Report.
Tt wouldbe a serious mistake for this report to be published with
current dose estimates. If he must publish, let it appear without
any dose estimates. Yic Bond should be sensitive to the implications of Conard's report being published with obsolete dose
estimates and calculated or calculatable risk coefficients for
thyroid cancer.
The risk coefficients will be considerable over-
estimates, based on what we were told about the results of the
reassessment of the thyroid doses.
It would be irresponsible for
this report to appear in the literature as Bob apparently intends.
In summary, this was an excellent review. The BNL investigators and
management are to be commended for their efforts.
Wit hbest regards,
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William J. Bair, Ph.D.
Manager
Environment, Health and
Safety Research Program
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