Re: radium dial painters

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@mediaone.net>]

Hi Mike,

A follow-up re the "graph": Note also that Rowland published a paper in '97
that brings this analysis more up to date. Let me know if you want a summary,
or the ref.

Regards, Jim
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> Dear RadSafers
> 
> how much dose did the radium dial painters receive (circa 1925)? I
> know
> this isn't a simple question. I have a graph attributed to J. Newell
> Stannard which indicates that for cumulative doses  of "1,000" or
> less,
> there were no cancers; but the graph has no units, e.g., this might be
> 1,000 rad CEDE, or local tissue dose, etc.
> 
> Are there any references on the web with quantitative data?
> 
> thank you, mike
> 
> "Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
> mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)