Estimates of health risk from exposure to radioactive pollutants

Sullivan, Roy M.; Nelson, N.S.; Ellett, W.H.; Dunning, D.E.; Leggett, Richard W.; Yalcintas, M.G.; Eckerman, K.F.

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“…For the values used here, the model has been modified to include the life table approach that includes all fatalities. 71 The ICRP Report 30 dosimetric model predictions for some isotopes of Ra, U, Pb, Po, and Th are shown in Table 11. These indicate the excess cancers caused by ingesting water (at 2 €/day) containing a picocurie per liter of each radionuclide.…”

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Techniques for the assessment of carcinogenic risk due to drinking water contaminants

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Letkiewicz

1986

Critical Reviews in Environmental Control

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Techniques for the assessment of carcinogenic risk due to drinking water contaminants

Cothern

Letkiewicz

1986

Critical Reviews in Environmental Control

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Analysis Needed to Assess Risk: A Case Study on Radionuclides

Sasaki

1984

Low-Probability High-Consequence Risk Analysis

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Protection of human health from mixtures of radionuclides and chemicals in drinking water

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Trabalka

1991

Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.

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This study was undertaken to develop a common scale for evaluating health risks from contaminated drinking water. For different agents, many unrealistic models of risk have been used. By intent, regulatory toxicology depends on "data-sparse, model-intensive" analogies from exotic animal genetics and novel exposures (NCRP 1989). The question is, does a risk evaluation so derived have any predictive validity? Absence of data prevents answer because regulatory toxicology rationalizes in step-by-step logic, which we call absolute (i.e., predicts cases of disease in a population). Absolute models ensure safety, but do so at the cost of realism. In contrast, we make relative comparisons in the manner of horsepower or RBE from radiation biology. All pollutants are assumed to contribute to toxic injury. Next, relative potencies are linked to the most credible standards. Thus, experience is transferred from well-studied chemicals to the new chemical by "data-intensive, model-sparse" methods. This logos provides much relative precision. Then, pollutants are compared with: (1) common foodstuffs, (2) ambient radiation background, or (3) utility-pure drinking water. Finally, an assessment is made for a waste disposal area.

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Estimates of health risk from exposure to radioactive pollutants

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Techniques for the assessment of carcinogenic risk due to drinking water contaminants

Techniques for the assessment of carcinogenic risk due to drinking water contaminants

Analysis Needed to Assess Risk: A Case Study on Radionuclides

Protection of human health from mixtures of radionuclides and chemicals in drinking water

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