Regulation under Uncertainty: Use of the Linear No-Threshold Model in Chemical and Radiation Exposure

Dima Shamoun, Richard Williams, James Broughel and Edward Calabrese
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No 4174, Working Papers from George Mason University, Mercatus Center

Abstract: This paper examines the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model in chemical and radiation exposure. The LNT model assumes that exposure to any level of a chemical or radiation is harmful, down to even the last molecule. Used primarily to be “public hea

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Date: 2016-09-21
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