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UNCLASSIFIED
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
A,
All low level effects are extrapolations from high
level effects.
How secure is this extrapolation?
Discuss its relationship to the non-thresholg
character of genetic effects, and to the question
of threshold of bone cancer.
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Are there any distinctions between temporary and
permanent (long term) damages, between repairable
and irreparable damage?
Are there special criteria for small groups of
persons as compared with large populations with
regard to radiation?
Is there a difference between
small and large populations?
Between large
populations and the whole population?
Does the
distinction apply only to genetic effects?
Discuss the known effects of radiation on such aspects |
of the human being as mental posture, personality,
intelligence, other, etc.
Are there any ¢hemical reinforements of body
defenses againgt radiation? What about drugs
recently annouyiced as being of possible use for
X-ray dosages ?.
What is to be gained or lost by the record-keeping
recently proposed for each person covering his
lifetime history of radiation dosage?
q
How much radiation and radioactivity was man naturally
exposed to and medically exposed to before weapon
firing began?
Are the dosage standards for individuals and
populations adequate for Sr90°
What are the
factors for genetics, skeleton age, age of individual,
health of person, etc.?
How adequate is the radium model as a basis for
predicting Sr90 damage in man?
K, What is the behavior of radioiodine in man from
a damece gn dosage point of view? What about
Csi ty cl » ete?
Is the biological effect of Sr90 and its daughter
y90 similar or the same as that of external
radiation of any sort?
XI. The Impact of the Present State of Affairs:
Summary,
Interrelationships, and Implications on Policy (oral,
inserts, bibliography)
A. In essence, what is the state of our knowledge in
the areas discussed as relevant to the "fallout
problem"; what do we know about:
1. The amount of radiation and radioactivity
released by weapons fired to date
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