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Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2004), Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 257±264 TOPICS UNDER DEBATE DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch322 DOSE LIMITS FOR MAN DO NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE ECOSYSTEM 1 2 K. A. Higley and R. M. Alexakhin Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, USA Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, Obninsk, Russia J. C. McDonald, Moderator INTRODUCTION regions of nuclear defence facilities and nuclear power plants in the former USSR (Russia). It has been known for quite some time that different organisms display differing degrees of sensitivity to the effects of ionising radiations. Some micro-organisms FAVOURING THE PROPOSITION: such as the bacterium Micrococcus radiodurans, K. A. HIGLEY along with many species of invertebrates, are extre- mely radio-resistant. Humans might be categorised Argument as being relatively sensitive to radiation, and are a bit Upon ®rst considering the proposition, Dose Limits more resistant than some pine trees. Therefore, it for Man do not Adequately Protect the Ecosystem, could be argued that maintaining the dose limits arguing in favour of it appeared to be fairly straight- necessary to protect humans will also result in forward. But it was more dif®cult than previously the protection of most other species of ¯ora and imagined. The easy way
Radiation Protection Dosimetry – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 1, 2004
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