Radiation Risks in PerspectiveCRC Press, 20.10.2006 - 207 Seiten Public misperception of radiological risk consistently directs limited resources toward managing minimal or even phantom risks at great cost to government and industry with no measurable benefit to overall public health. The public's inability to comprehend small theoretical risks arrived at through inherently uncertain formulae, coupled with an ir |
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Risky Business | 1 |
Scientific Guesswork | 25 |
No Safe Dose | 47 |
Uncertain Risk | 65 |
Zero or Bust | 79 |
Misplaced Priorities | 109 |
Avoiding Risk | 129 |
Radiation from the Gods | 149 |
Hold the Phone | 167 |
PR Campaign Proportion Prioritization and Precaution | 183 |
Glossary | 193 |
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