-16SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
A.
All low level effects are extrapolations from high level effects.
How secure is this extrapolation? Discuss its relationship to tLe
non-threshhold character of genetic effects, and to the question
of threshhold of bone cancer
Are there any distinctions between temporary and permanent (lons
term) damages, between repairable and irreparable damage?
Are there special criteria for small groups of persons as compared
with large populations with regard to radiation? Is there a
difference between small and large populations? Between large
populations and the whole population?
only to genetic effects?
Does the distinction apply
Discuss the known effects of radiation on such aspects of the
human being as mental posture, personality, intelligence, other, etc.
Are there any chemical reinforcements of body defenses against
radiation? What about drugs recently announced as being of
possible use for x-ray dosages?
What is to be gained or lost by the record-keeping recently proposed
for each person covering his lifetime history of radiation dosage?
How much radiation and radioactivity was man naturally exposed to
and medically exposed to before weapon firing began?
Are the dosage standards for individuals and populations adequate
for Sr?0? What are the factors for genetics, skeleton age, age cf
individual, health of person, etc.?
How adequate is the radium model as a basis for predicting Sr?0
damage in man?
What is the behavior of radioiodine, jn man from a damage and dosage
point of view? What about Cst37, cl4, etc. ?
Is the biological effect of Sr? and its daughter Y90 similar
or the same as that of external radiation of any sort?
AI.
JCAE
The Impact of the Present State of Affairs: Summary, Interrelationships,
and Implications on Policy (oral, inserts, bibliography)
Ae
In essence, what is the state of our knowledge in the areas
discussed as relevant to the "fallout problem"; what do we know
about:
1.
The amount of radiation and radioactivity released by
weapons fired to date
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