B.

BEIR-III

1.

Cancer (Table V-4 of Typescript Edition)
Lifetime Risk of Cancer Death

(deaths/10°/rad)

Single exposure to

Continous

10 rad

xposure

to 1 rad/yr

Model

Absolute

Relative

Absolute

Relative

L-Q, LQ-L

77

226

67

182*

L-L, L-L

167

50]

158

430*

Q-L, Q-L

10

28

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*

In printed version these were 169 and 403, respectively.

We used

the risk coefficients that were derived for continuous exposure.
2.

Birth Defects--pages 166-169 (mean parental age = 30 years)
1 rem per generation (1 rem parental exposure) per 10° live off-

spring 5 to 75 birth defects, this is 0.0005--0.0075%--First
generation.
Since the spontaneous rate is given as 10.7%, in the U.S. population, 1 rem will increase the rate from 10.7% to 10.7005--10.7075%.

In terms of the spontaneous rate 1 rem per generation gives oe

0.000047 = 0.0047% increase and OOF = 0.0007 = 0.07% increase.
IV.

CALCULATIONS OF RISK

Table 1 gives the radiation dose values provided by Dr. Robison for use
in developing estimates of increased health risks in the Bikini population.

A.

Risks for 14 Different Living Conditions
1.

Cancer Risks
Table 3 shows the calculations for estimates of increased cancer

risk for 14 different living conditions.

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