Re: Alpha radiation as tests of LNT

[David Scherer <scherer@uiuc.edu>]

>	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.
>
Perhaps I didn't make the point clear enough, so let me reword it.  Please
forgive me if I was so consise to become cryptic.  Apparently, I have made
this mistake a lot on radsafe, lately.