Re: background vs man-made emmissions - cancer clusters, etc.

[GlennACarlson@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/29/2000 9:13:40 PM Central Daylight Time, 
frantaj@aecl.ca writes:

> A-bomb survivors did NOT experience "long-term doses of radiation"
>  -- quite the opposite: their entire exposure occured within a small 
fraction
>  of a second following the detonation of the A-bombs. 
 
_From the context of the comment, I think Cohen meant to write "long-term 
*effects from* doses of radiation."  
 
Regarding your comment, what about exposure from fallout?

Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
glennacarlson@aol.com
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