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(roughly 10 rem/yr).
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Neasens Test Fallout
Another seurce of human contamination that is suggested
as being pertinent to this oroblem is the plutonium in the
fallout from nuclear weapon tests.
The slutoniun from
weapon tests is incorsorated in or devosited on sarticles
other materials
workers, 222
sseciiic activitv in these varticles is much
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t
that co
and,
like
that
for the Manhattan
smaller than that in hot particles.
between 1/1702
and 1/10,000.
Prudent sublic health practices
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should ass2ss the risk associated with environctental plu-