Los Alamos Science: Radiation Protection and the Human Radiation Experiments

["Donivan Porterfield, LANL CST-3" <dporterfield@lanl.gov>]

Just received copy of "Los Alamos Science" that is dedicated to the
subject of "Radiation Protection and the Human Radiation Experiments".
This issue is a bit shy of 300 pages.

A short summary of the table of contents are as follows:

        I.      Radiation, Cancer, and Risk - Three Primers

                *       Ionizing Radiation - It's Everywhere!

                *       Radiation, Cell Cycle, and Cancer

                *       Radiation and Risk: A Hard Look at the Data

        II.     On the Front Lines - A Roundtable with Los Alamos 
                Plutonium Workers Past and Present

        III.    The Human Radiation Experiments

                *       Introduction to the Human Studies Project

                *       The Human Plutonium Injection Experiments

                *       A True Measure of Plutonium Exposure: The
                        Human Tissue Analysis Program at Los Alamos

                *       Tracer Studies at Los Alamos and the Birth of
                        Nuclear Medicine

                *       Ethics: "Ethical Harm" and the Plutonium
                        Injection Experiments

There are various other sub-topics under those listed above.

Those interested in getting a hardcopy can try: lascience@lanl.gov or
Los Alamos Science; Mail Stop M708; Los Alamos National Laboratory;
Los Alamos, NM 87545.

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Several past issues of Los Alamos Science are available at: 

        http://lib-www.lanl.gov/pubs/Science.htm

I would imagine in time the content of this latest issue will be similarly
available at this web site.
        

Donivan Porterfield                     (505) 667-4710
Los Alamos National Laboratory          (505) 665-5982 fax
MS K484, CST-3 (Analytical Quality and Chemical Information Management)
Los Alamos, NM 87545                    dporterfield@lanl.gov