Low-level radiation epidemiology
May 2, 2012 11:18 AM   Subscribe

There is an interesting debate over the risks of protracted vs. single exposures to low-level radiation, but basically we're underestimating the risks from protracted exposures and underestimating the epidemiological effects (pdf).

These underestimations of prolonged exposure effects apparently arise from basing too many estimates on
posted by jeffburdges (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Something seems to have gone wrong here; maybe repost tomorrow when you have time to double-check the post text? -- cortex



 
Oh shit, the radiation got to Jeff in the middle of the post.
posted by kmz at 11:19 AM on May 2, 2012 [9 favorites]


John Gofman has been arguing this for years.
posted by unSane at 11:32 AM on May 2, 2012


/sighs heavily.

/moves Radiation futher up the What's Gonna Kill Me list.
posted by emjaybee at 11:38 AM on May 2, 2012


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