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... in Homes, EPA 402-R-0 3-0 03, U.S. EPA, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Washington, DC, June 2003. 3. Nero, A.V., Controlling indoor air pollution, Scientific American, 2 58, 42, 1 988 . 4. National ... the time of testing, and length of the testing period. Basement readings are higher than readings on upper floors; readings tend to be higher in winter than in summer; long...

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... particularly in developed countries, are increasingly interested in more actively participating in the processes of decision making regarding health, safety, and environmental issues. Decision making, ... LLC 120 Radiation Risks in Perspective social and other nontechnical perspectives in the decision-making process. The integ- rity and credibility of the decision-making p...

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... Number-10: 0 -8 49 3-7 97 7-6 (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number-13: 97 8- 0 -8 4 9 3-7 97 7-2 (Hardcover) is book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted ... explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Mossman, Kenneth L., 194 6- Radiation risks in perspective / by K...

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... in greater detail in Chapter 7. 52 Radiation Risks in Perspective The multifactorial nature of carcinogenesis suggests that LNT may be too sim- plistic. Cancer is more than damage to individual ... & Francis Group, LLC The problem of uncertainty in decision making is discussed in Chapter 4. 60 Radiation Risks in Perspective as Ward Valley in Califor...

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... health risks. A dose framework eliminates several important sources of uncertainty in risk-based decision making. Without the need to determine risk, uncertainties in dose and cross-species extrap- olation ... (including economic, political, and social factors) dominate decision making. RISK ASSESSMENT CONSIDERING UNCERTAINTY Risk information is not very useful in risk-management...

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... should be included in policy discus- sions on the regulation of radiation sources delivering low-level radiation. 18 Natural background radiation is the largest source of human radiation ... living in high background radiation areas show no increase in public health effects that may be attributed to radiation exposure. 20 Many human carcinogens occur naturally, i...

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... Natural background radiation Radiation from natural sources including cos- mic radiation from outer space, terrestrial radiation from naturally occur- ring radionuclides in the earth’s crust, ... LLC 188 Radiation Risks in Perspective environmental causation is poorly understood (e.g., prostate cancer). Known human carcinogens do not increase cancer risks uniformly....

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... Model Soils 185 8. 3.3 Urine 186 8. 3.4 Soil Extraction 186 8. 3.5 Plant Extraction 187 8. 3.6 Immunoassay 187 8. 3.7 Laboratory Study: Sorption and Microbial Degradation in Soil 188 8. 3 .8 Greenhouse ... . 180 8. 2.2 Pharmaceuticals for Human Use in Soil 181 8. 2.3 Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Soil 182 8. 2.4 Fate of Pha r mac euticals i n Plants 183 8. 2.4.1 Uptake 183 8. 2...

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... Atrazine mineralization in laboratory-aged soil microcosms inoculated with S-triazine-degrading bacteria. J Environ Qual 26:206–214, 1997. 99. R Rai, RP Singh. Effect of salt stress on interaction ... proteins on their enzy- matic activities. Examples using enzyme involvement in carbon and nitrogen transforma- tions include the effect of bonding of β-d-glucosidase to a phenolic copolymer...

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