recommend
that
people
try
to
take
care
that
the
amount
eaters their bodies should be aa small as possible.
of
radiation
that
This means that people
stuuld atay away from areas where the adount of radiation {3 know to be high
and should not aat foods grown in auch areas.
Many governments have approved
these recommendations,
Therefore, the U.3. government has established an amount of radiation for
the Ameriean people that they should not exoeed.
This amount is the same a3
the amount that organizations above have recommended.
They call this amount
that
and
they
have
established
a
"radiation
standard,"
the
asatandard
is
expressed in "aillirem.*
The U.3. government has establiahed that a person should not reoeive more
than 500 millirem {n one year.
Also thay astablished -hat tha average amount
of radiation a man or a woman who lives in the United States may receive over
a 30-year period should nat be more than $000 millirem,
The U.S.
govarnment
tries to ensure a3 much as possible bhakt the amount of radiation its citizens
receive in averyday living or working is lower than the figures above.
The
{ndicated
year
than
radiation
measurements
that
Lhis
«about
of
the
Bikini
people
made
by
the selentists
in
1978
some of Lhe Bikini people ware receiving more radiation aach
standard.
twice
as
A
faw
large
of
as
the
the
people
standard.
were
raceiving
Because
this
amounts
of
amount
of
radiation was received for a short time, the harm expected will be very small.
However,
Bikini
the U.8,.
government believed Enat if waa in the best interest of the
peaple to move tham so
that the possible harm that could result
fren
additional amounts of radiation will not occur.
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