-21those comments,
tna commen.is of Dr. A.
referenced by Geesaman,
B.
can be
added
Long:
» . . there is an urgent need to dispell the sense of
security and certainty that the present limits for
the 7>..ximum permissible lunq burden and the maximun
permissible air concentration bring . . . the public
shoul: be informed of the uncertainties that exist
in these limits."34
"
Vie
Biol-zzical Data
Related
to Cancer
Risk
from Insoluble
Plut:nlum Particles
We have shewn that insoluble alona-emitting particles
wit in untense but localized radiation.
They can irradizte
vary Ric. doses without being organism- or organ fatal.
said th: t the available biological data strongly suggests
inst 3a DF=2: crossly underestimates the DE
rticulat:: of Pu-239,
vr
th
ito
or
insoluble
and consequently, the derived stance-rds
~3 and Mil, for this radionuclide are greatly in error.
nex turr
intense
Davant is
to the experiments involving cancer induction
local exvosure,
since
these
are especially
judging whether or not insolubie alpna-emitting.
marcticles tinstitutea a unigue r sk.
|+
N\
To
-’
Geesaman
collacted
“a analvzel the sertinent experiments, and what follows
==
Ong,
+68
Go. cit., p. 73.