Abstract
An underappreciated perspective is that the quantitative features of the dose-response in the low dose zone are a genetically based biological characteristic with a highly conserved evolutionary basis. Failure to recognize and take this into account has been a major failing of toxicology and radiation biology, affecting regulatory agencies worldwide. The present perspective clarifies the historical foundations of this misstep and calls for a mid- course correction that replaces the public health based Precautionary Principle for risk assessment with one based on the principles of evolutionary biology.
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