RE: What to do ? ? ?

["Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>]

> I guess that

is considered an acceptable risk in a risky profession.



Kai, it doesn't have anything to do with "risky profession."  In fact, ours

is one of the safer professions, as is clearly shown by the statistics.  The

difference in the two "permissible levels" is that one is applied to a

one-time emergency, the other is applicable to a day-after-day dose.  And,

of course, both are based on LNT, which is contradicted by the data at low

doses.  The data show NO deleterious health effects at low doses, and

beneficial effects in most low dose situations. This is explicitly stated in

NCRP-136 (which, nevertheless concludes it is "prudent" to use the LNT for

rad protection).



Ted Rockwell





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