[ RadSafe ] Breathing polluted city air may be worse for you than fallout from an atom bomb

[Dawson, Fred Mr]

Breathing polluted city air may be worse for you than fallout from an
atom bomb

The Times reports that 
Breathing polluted city air may be worse for you than fallout from an
atom bomb

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1605122.ece


"Everyday hazards such as inhaling polluted city air or other people's
cigarette smoke are potentially worse for your health than being exposed
to the radioactive fallout of an atomic bomb, according to new
research."

It appears from this article that either air pollution in cities is far
more harmful than previously thought or that ionising radiation is far
less harmful than many people would have us believe. 

I tend to the latter, that ionising radiation is less harmful and is
best described as a rather weak carcinogen.


Fred Dawson
Fwp_dawson at hotmail.com