[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Alpha radiation as tests of LNT



	The risk from radon is determined from data on miners who 
contracted lung cancer from high exposures in mines. LNT simply says that 
the risk of lower exposures is linearly related to the dose.Nothing else 
is involved.Presumably, if a single alpha particle can kill a cell, the 
number of cells killed is also linearly related to dose.

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu