(13) Workers at Nuclear Waste Site in New Mexico Inhaled Radioactive Materials

[kristopher]

5. Well, dosing in this case isn't a one time and it's gone event.

Also the proximity of the particles to cell tissue is a factor that makes the X-ray comparison questionable without knowing a bit more about who is making that assessment.

Why does it make no sense to compare in-flight radiation exposure and ingesting radioactive isotopes? It is wrong to compare internal emitters with external emitters, ie, ingesting radioactive isotopes versus in-flight exposure or background radiation. It is like comparing warming oneself near a fire versus eating a red hot coal. Physicians for Social Responsibility in the United States recently issued a statement asserting “there is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period.” There are a number of different types of radiation, including cosmic radiation from space, terrestrial radiation which is emitted by radioactive elements in the ground, and man-made radiation such as that released by the detonation of an atomic bomb or by nuclear reactors in meltdown....

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