Re: MDL and Dose Effects - opinionated response

[b.mckavanagh@cqu.edu.au (Byron McKavanagh)]

> Hence the
>radiation badge serves only one purpose, to
>demonstrate compliance with regulations.
>Lester.Slaback@NIST.gov

I suspect Lester is on the right track.
Just to muddy the waters even more, why is it so outrageous to deliberately
wear your badge during a chest X-ray?
That gets Australian Monitoring Services frothing at the mouth with
indignation, but isn't it part of "my" dose, even if it was for my
"benefit"?
It still has to be added to my cumulative dose as far as I'm concerned.
I haven't seen a convincing argument on this issue yet.

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