Re: Exposure Benefits

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

Roy Parker stated the following:

> I can  see where  such systems  can be useful and justified.  I can also
> imagine possible  abuses.   I can see companies screening employees both
> entering and  leaving work each day.  Five days a week, 50 weeks a year,
> one exposure  entering, and  one exposure  leaving  at  3 microrem  each
> yields 1.5  mrem  annually.    OK,  not  a  significant  dose.    Is  is

I suggest that perhaps this type of instrument should first be tested 
and used at Post Offices (routinely).  This will obviously result in 
the civil libertarians raising their disdain, suggesting that it is 
an invasion of one's privacy. I submit that we, the general public, 
also have the right to work and play in a safe society. The small 
dose (if that is a valid statement) is acceptable if it can rid 
society of those whose only goal is to kill or maim innocent 
indivduals. 

The 3 microR/hr is still below what many of us are exposed to from 
natural background. Is this extra increment really all that bad? We 
have been debating whether or not there is a valid reason to continue 
subscribing to the LNT, and discussing whether or not there is any 
noticeable effect from receiving 5 rem/year. Considering that topic, 
this one is sort of amusing. 

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