Trimming Exposure Data, Putting Radiation Workers at Risk

Improving Disclosure and Consent Through a National Radiation Dose-Registry

Bibliographic Data

ID11022401
AuthorsKristin Shrader-Frechette (The author is with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.), Kristin Shrader‐frechette (0000-0002-1063-7684, University of Notre Dame, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue10
Pages1782-1786
Publication date2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.085027
PMID17761581
PMCIDPMC1994172
OpenAlexW2114318519
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

In the United States, regulatory standards allow workers to be exposed to ionizing radiation that can cause 1 additional cancer fatality per 400 workers per year. Because radiation-dose limits cover only single sources (e.g., a nuclear plant) or exposure classes (workplace, medical, or public) and are defined for average occupational exposure, workers typically do not know their precise cumulative, individual, and relative risks from radiation. Nevertheless, this information is necessary for informed consent, because most scientists say radiation effects are cumulative and linear with no risk threshold. To promote public health, informed consent, and better understanding of the effects of low-dose radiation, I argue for a multistage National Radiation-Dose Registry, beginning with cumulative, individual worker doses

Alternative medicine · Cumulative dose · Environmental health · Family medicine · Informed consent · Nuclear medicine · Pathology · Public health · Radiation exposure · Radiation protection · Medicine · Nursing · Radiation Dose and Imaging · Radioactive contamination and transfer · Risk Perception and Management

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