Report: Low-Level Radiation Unlikely to Harm Human Health

From the American Council on Science and Health:

Low-level radiation -- from natural or man-made sources -- is unlikely to pose a threat to human health, according to scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). In a new publication, The Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation, ACSH explains the various types of exposure to low-level radiation and the ways in which experts assess their effects on health. The Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation is based on a technical paper by Dr. P. Andrew Karam of the Rochester Institute of Technology...

According to ACSH medical director Dr. Gilbert L. Ross, "This publication provides an easily understood description of the ways in which people are exposed to low-level radiation." Dr. Ross continues, "The scientific evidence clearly shows that typical exposure to low-level radiation should not be a cause for concerns about health."

Perhaps it would be appropriate to mention that Jay Gould, an anti-nuclear activist who concluded just the opposite, died a few weeks ago. Jeff Stier from ACSH has some thoughts.

For more information about radiation and its effects, click here.

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Comments

Anonymous said…

Greetings,

To ACSH's credit they have taken a credible position on the elevated health risks associated with tobacco addiction, but other than that they are simply apologists for every other health and environmental hazard produced by modern industry, including ionizing radiation.

Considering ACHS takes corporate money like from General Electric, Consolidated Edison, Monsanto, Union "Bhopal" Carbide, the BEIR VII report is a more credible assessment of the deleterious biological effects of low-level radiation at any exposure level.

http://www.nirs.org/press/06-30-2005/1

“There is no safe level of exposure and there is no dose of (ionizing) radiation so low that the risk of a malignancy is zero”--Dr. Karl Morgan, the father of Health Physics

Paul, NIRS

October 4, 2005 at 12:12 PM

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