In 1966 an International Radiation Protection Association was established, representing professionals in 30 countries, and Karl Morgan was elected its first president. Karl Morgan served as one of the ICRP's 13 members from 1950 to 1971, and during that time he chaired the ICRP's committee on internal doses, setting radiation standards which were then adopted world-wide. Without question, it was the cause of hundreds of thousands of cancer deaths. In the 1970s, the situation grew worse after a series of studies revealed that radiation was even more dangerous than previously believed. Early in the 1950s, a series of studies had shown that x-rays were more dangerous than previously known.
Conflict of interest seems to be a contagious and virulent disease.
By 1949 a study had shown that shoe-fitting machines were giving children high doses of radiation. Again, the ICRP showed no interest in the subject. The medical community, for the most part, turned a deaf ear. However, the law can do nothing to curb unnecessary and excessive x-ray exposures, which still occur routinely. For the past 20 years, another important scientist concerned about excessive exposure to x-rays has been Dr. John Gofman.