Radiation risks in perspective. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth L. Mossman.
• Other Names: Mossman, Kenneth L, 1946-2014
• Contents: Contents Risky Business ; More than a Number; Safety without Risk?; What’s Risky?; Is It Dangerous?; Can I Get Exposed?; Can It Hurt Me?; What Are the Risks?; Damage Control; Perception Is Reality; References Scientific Guesswork ; Making the Right Choice; Predictive Theories in Risk Assessment; Linear No-Threshold Theory; Sublinear Nonthreshold; Supralinear; Hormesis; Threshold; Limitations and Uncertainties; Speculation versus Reality; Risk Management and Risk Communication; Quantifying Risk at Small Doses; References No Safe Dose ; LNT: The Theory of Choice; The LNT Controversy; Elements of the Debate; The Question of Thresholds; Repair of Radiation Damage and Cellular Autonomy; Uses and Misuses of LNT; Case 1: Estimation of Health Effects of Fallout from the; Chernobyl Reactor Accident; Case 2: Childhood Cancer Following Diagnostic X-ray; Case 3: Public Health Impacts from Radiation in a Modern Pit Facility Uncertain Risk ; How Low Can You Go?; Risk Assessment Considering Uncertainty; Uncertain Choices; Another Approach Zero or Bust ; Management Triggers; Technical Triggers; Size Matters; Sensitive People; Assigned Blame; Social Triggers; Safety; Protection of Children and the Unborn; Polluters Should Pay; Catastrophe and Apathy; Public Information and Distorting Risks; Political Triggers; Perceptions and Conflicts of Interest; Management Strategies; As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA); Best Available Technology (BAT); The Precautionary Principle; Risk-Risk Trade-offs and Unintended Consequences; Risk Offset; Risk Substitution; Risk Transfer and Risk Transformation; Challenges Misplaced Priorities ; Priorities and Realities; Factors in Prioritization; Scientific Evidence; Public Perception of Risks; Management Capacity; Court Actions; Influence of Stakeholder Groups; Real Risks and Reordering Priorities; Monetary Costs; Environmental Cleanup at the Nevada Test Site; Characterization of Waste Destined for WIPP Avoiding Risk ; The Case Against Risk; Different Risks; Agent-Agent Interactions; Dose as a Surrogate for Risk; The Case for Dose; A Dose-Based System of Protection; Regulatory Dose Limit; Natural Background; Acceptable Dose; Management Decisions Based on Dose Proportion; Simplification of Radiation Quantities and Units; Review of the Current System of Radiation Protection Radiation from the Gods ; The Watras Case; Human Exposure to Radon; Health Hazards of Radon; Is There Really a Public Health Hazard?; Public Health; Perceptions and Fears ; Economic Impacts; National/Regional Differences Hold the Phone ; Will Cell Phones “Fry” Your Brain?; Managing Phantom Risks; Imprudent Precaution; International Calls PR Campaign: Proportion, Prioritization, and Precaution ; Proportion; Prioritization; Precaution Glossary ; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (207 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.99/4071; Radiation carcinogenesis; Health risk assessment; Radiation Injuries; Carcinogens; Risk Assessment; Radiation injuries; Risk assessment; Tumeurs dues aux radiations -- Évaluation du risque; Risques pour la santé -- Évaluation; MEDICAL -- Oncology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; Health risk assessment; Radiation carcinogenesis; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849379789; 0849379784
• Related ISBNs: 0849379776; 9780849379772
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.