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How sound is the model used to establish safe radiation levels?

17 Oct 2023 Robert P Crease

It is generally accepted that ionizing radiation – no matter how low – is a risk to human health. Robert P Crease argues that this notion needs to be examined more carefully

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Fear factor The idea that any amount of ionizing radiation – no matter how tiny – can be harmful to humans has, some say, held back the development of nuclear power. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/fewerton)
Ionizing radiation can damage living organisms, that’s clear. But there are big questions over the

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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