LNT, carcinogens, collective doses etc

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

 >If  Government and scientific bodies wish to apply LNT and ALARA (ALARP 

for us UK based individuals) to radiation, why do they not apply the same 

approach to all other carcinogens?  We do not use the concept of collective 

dose for

 > other carcinogens, if we did how many excess cancers could we calculate 

from, for example, Benzene which is present in petrol?

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Some such calculations have been performed for ethylene oxide (including 

endogenous production) and certain food preparation (frying) carcinogens 

like acrylamide or benzpyrene types of molecules. These give an estimated 

order of 5000 cancer cases per year in Sweden - probably more - I don't have 

the numbers available at this moment of writing - must get some (fried) fast 

food and close for today.



Bjorn Cedervall    bcradsafers@hotmail.com

http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/





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