How Dangerous Is Low Level Radiation?

Bernard L. Cohen

Risk Analysis, 1995, vol. 15, issue 6, 645-652

Abstract: Problems in the theoretical basis for the linear‐no threshold theory of radiation carcinogenesis are reviewed, and it is shown that they very strongly suggest that the theory greatly overestimates the risk of low level radiation. A direct test of the theory, based on the radon—lung cancer relationship is described; it strongly reinforces that conclusion. However, it is shown that even if the linear‐no threshold theory is valid, the public's fear of low level radiation, at least in some contexts, is grossly exaggerated.

Date: 1995
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