Re: EPA, risk and dose

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

Ooo!  I was also wondering if anyone has a copy of RERAM and can fax me the page(s) with the quote below (the manual is not on the EPA website)...My fax is 714-257-2036.



Thanks.



Barbara



In a message dated Thu, 29 Mar 2001  2:40:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Frohmberg, Eric" <Eric.Frohmberg@state.me.us> writes:



<<Here we go - here is a quote from RERAM - Radiation 

Exposure and Risks Assmt Manual - EPA 402-R-96-016 page 1-9



"EPA does not recommend this method (calculating dose and applying a factor 

to convert to risk) and estimates of risk computed using this method are 

generally greater than those computed using the slope factor method; the 

magnitude of this discrepancy depends on the particular radionuclides and 

the exposure pathways for the site specific conditions, but can range from 

less than a factor of two to approximately one order of magnitude.">>

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