The United States has been taken to task for using outdated methods of measuring allowable radiation levels to prevent development of cancer. Currently, the rules are based on white, so-called, average men. However, the community is made of people from all ethnic backgrounds, men and women, different sizes, and of course, children.
According to an article that appeared in the New York Times yesterday, “The report, from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, said the rules were still too heavily based on Reference Man,’ a standard created by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in 1975. That standard is a …read more