Associate Professor in the Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne; Chair of the Medical Association for Prevention of Nuclear War This “arbitrary increase” in the maximum permissible dose of radiation is an “unconscionable” failure of government “Subject a class of 30 children to 20 millisieverts of radiation for five years and you’re talking an increased risk of cancer to the order of about 1 in 30, which is completely unacceptable” “I’m not aware of any other government in recent decades that’s been willing to accept such a high level of radiation-related risk for its population”
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:45:24 +0000