Following up from his previous article, this installment from Dr. Ed Calabrese further examines the career of Hermann Muller.

This time, looking beyond the awarding of Muller’s 1946 Nobel Prize, Dr. Calabrese delves into additional instances of unethical behavior throughout Muller’s career.

“It is not novel in the history of science that one scientist can be so driven by his individual pursuit of fame as to undermine the discovery process, but that is precisely why the integrity of the process must be maintained and protected.”

If you missed it, Dr. Calabrese was recently a guest on Episode Six of Emily Unleashed and we encourage you to watch the interview. Dr. Calabrese is considered by many to be “Mr. Hormesis,” and asserts that low doses of harmful substances like radiation or chemicals can actually have beneficial effects by stimulating adaptive responses in cells.

In contrast, the linear no-threshold (LNT) model, which traces back to Herman Muller’s work, assumes that even the smallest doses of radiation or carcinogens can cause harm, with no safe level of exposure. The LNT approach has dominated the shaping of public health policies, yet it is based on a flawed understanding of biology and ignores the body’s ability to repair damage from low-dose exposures.