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RE: ALARA


On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Karam, Andrew wrote:

> It was reported (Keeney, NEJM, July 21, 1994) that every $5-12 million (in
> 1990 dollars) spent collectively costs one life because that money is not
> available for other risk-reduction options.

	--There are many ways for saving lives with far lesser
expenditures than $5-12 Million per life saved.
	According to the U.S. Dept. of Treansportation 1984 Report on
Highway Safety Improvements Programs, they were saving 119 deaths per year
by upgrading guard rails at a cost of $101,000 per life saved, 39 lives
per year by median barriers and median strips at a cost of $170,000 per
life saved, etc, etc. If anyone wants more
examples of saving lives for less than $1 Million per life saved, please
feel free to ask me.  

> 
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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