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Nuclear Waste
Although the dose produced through this indirect exposure is much smaller than a direct exposure dose, there is a greater potential for a larger population ...
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Research Studies
Unlike the concept of whole body dose, where dose is averaged over all cells in the body, a single cell is the smallest volume that is relevant for carcinogenic risk. The lowest possible dose is, therefore, that dose ...
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Ch. 1: The Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: Myths and Facts - Nuclear War Survival Skills
A dose of 450 R resulting from exposure of the whole body to fallout radiation is often said to be the dose ... received a whole-body dose of 350 R within a few days would die.2 Fortunately, the human body can repair most ...
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"Ask the Experts" Category: Doses and Dose Calculations
Q1261 – Use of gray rather than sievert Q1542 – Relationship between energy and organ absorbed dose Q1672 – Whole-body dose Q1832 – Compare x ray to NORM worker exposure Q1928 – Gy and rad Q1974 – Effective dose, etc. Q1986 – Reducing staff dose ... -square law and body surface area. Q388 – How do I convert dose rate to ...
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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
The EPA has just released a document called "Cancer Dose-Response Assessment" and it gives all the parameters for the risk of cancer due to ... , the organo-chlorines: PCBs, dibenzofurans, dioxin, and DDT. These chemicals mimic estrogen in the human body. and subsequently effect the development of the human reproductive and nervous systems. In a Scientific ...
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Scentpost July 1999
I will only have to give one dose of contraceptive this year. From me, and from every entire, female ... Animal Hospital recently. At the beginning of April she received her usual dose of contraceptive. Some time later, the hair on her belly began ... suspects she is going to be left out, she will do little body flips and make noises of indignation as a reminder! Visitations We' ...
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Our Stolen Future: Low dose effects
These natural hormone signals ... New Science Broad trends Basic mechanisms Brain & behavior Disease resistance Human impacts Low dose effects Mixtures and synergy Ubiquity of exposure Natural vs. synthetic New exposures Reproduction ...
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Ventilation - no-smoke.org
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers is the international standard setting body that sets the standard for indoor air quality. This standard can then be adopted into ... saying. Why doesn't ventilation work? Secondhand smoke has what scientists call a non-linear dose response. Therefore, while a ventilation or air filtration system (a.k.a. air purifiers or ...
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Terms Beginning With "I"
Infectious Waste: Hazardous waste capable of causing infections in ... tissue, gastrointestinal tract) of an organism through either physical or biological processes. (See: absorbed dose) Interstate Carrier Water Supply: A source of water for drinking and sanitary use on ...
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Calculate Your Radiation Dose | Radiation Protection | US EPA
(Some entries for the annual dose calculator are already filled in.) Click the "calculate dose" button. Source Your Average Annual Dose (mrem) Cosmic radiation at sea level ( ... dose equivalent of approximately 360 mrem (whole-body exposure) per year from all sources (NCRP Report No. 93).] The dose calculator is based on the American Nuclear Society's brochure, "Personal Radiation Dose ...
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