The primary problem with LNT is the incorrect assumption that cytogenic and mutagenic effects at the individual cellular level linearly extrapolate to the organismal level, i.e.

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Scott Edwards, professor of organismal and evolutionary biology at Harvard University, suggested the more complicated picture in animals might be caused by the influence of another variable.

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