[ RadSafe ] nuclear weapons impact thread

[John Grant]

jjcohen wrote:

>It depends upon your religious beliefs. If you subscribe to the scriptures
>according
>to ICRP/NCRP (i.e.LNT) then any level of radiation above zero dose, whether
>detectable or not, would cause a harmful impact to human health. If you
>believe in
>common sense, then doses within the range of normal background levels would
>be considered to be of no consequence.
>
>  
>
Is is safe to say that, considering that the people in the Denver area 
are just as healthy as the rest of us, that twice normal background is 
of no consequence?

John Grant