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Contents
Summary: Sources of man-made radiation exposure 3
Main types of Radiation 4
The target for radiation effects is the cellular DNA 5
Examples of internal exposures 6
Radiation exposure and health 7
Dose the key issue in radioprotection 9
Early Years: Uranium and Radium 12
Childhood Leukaemia & radium production 12
Mid Century: Fission Products 13
And caused child leukemia 14
And the present cancer epidemic 14
Evidence of and magnitude of Error in ICRP predictions (see Busby 2013) 15
1. nuclear child leukemia and coastal effects 15
2. Thyroid cancer in young people after Chernobyl and FuKushima 17
3. Infant leukemia after Chernobyl 18
4. Cancer following Chernobyl in Northern SWeden 18
5. Human sex ratio at birth perturbed by low doses of internal fission-products 19
6. Cancer and genotoxic effects in lraq following DU exposure 19
7. Cancer, leukernia/lymphoma and heart disease in French Uranium workers 20
8. Secondary Photoelectron Effect 20
9. Chernobyl 21
ECRR calculations 22