RE: ENN repost from Inside Science News Service

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

I enjoyed his analogy:



"They are based on the use of a concept called 'collective dose,' the

concept that exposing a large number of people to very low levels of

radiation will result in a certain number of cancer deaths," he explains.

"By analogy, we can say that throwing one small stone at each of a million

people will result in crushing one or two people because the combined weight

of all the stones adds up to a ton, which is enough to crush someone."



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Neil, David M [mailto:neildm@ID.DOE.GOV]

Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:30 AM

To: 'RadSafe Listserver'

Subject: ENN repost from Inside Science News Service





...

A dirty bomb "would probably not lead to many, if any, cancer deaths," says

Andrew Karam, radiation safety officer of the University of Rochester in

Rochester, NY. ...





http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=6414



Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov







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