Re: Critics Allege Infant Mortality Rate

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

According to UNSCEAR/IAEA/ICRP, natural background varies from < 1 mSv to ~100
mSv (Ramsar, Iran).

So, about a factor of 100 variation.

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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William Prestwich wrote:
> 
> This is probably a dumb question, but how would the differences
>  in dose estimates from the marginal variations reported compare with the
> diferrences in natural doses due to geography. In other words, if one
> assumed the effect to be true what would it predict for say an increase in
> infant health effects for the folks in Denver?
> Bill Prestwich
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario
> 
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