-9Z
above,
if one million workers were exposed from aye 18
at the current 5 ren/year limit, between 3,600 and 90,000
identified serious genetic disease and a significant
increase of ill-health would show up in the progeny of
these workers,
assuming an averaye of 2 children per worker.
The increased incidence in ill-health would be equivalent to
between 63 and 603 of the incidence in a vopulation of 1
million, e.g.,
the first generation.
This genetic risk can
be comcared with the somatic risk to the workers
themselves.
Taus, an individual worker exsosea at 5 ren/year from 18 to
The genetic risk is different in that t5
0
.
efiect is
suffcrea not by the workers but by their offcoring and by
Future generations.
cenotic risk
AS a consecuence, One can argue that the
sacwtd be aiven more weieht beczuse it is not
essumed by thea woreer but involuntarily by their ofisrpring
ne.
Wooceutholess,
the bialegical daca