LANL environmental statement

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@lanl.gov>]

Los Alamos just came out with their report titled "Environmental 
Surveillance and Compliance at Los Alamos during 1996" and I have
only had the time to skim through the summary of it. But, I thought
you might like to know that after it estimated the maximum exposure 
to any individual to be 13.3 mrem it made the following statement
under the heading "risk":

	"In March 1996, the Health Physics Society noted 
	that health effects (primarily cancer) from radiation 
	exposure are observed in humans only at doses in 
	excess of 10 rem delivered at high dose rates.

	The risk of cancer mortality for every United States 
	resident is one chance in five. The added risk to 
	any individual of cancer mortality caused by 
	Laboratory operations is negligible."

Michael Baker