Subject:  New book on Radiation exposure regulation (Burmaster).
Date:     Tue, 26 Sep 2000 082135 -0500
From:     Roy Beavers 
To:       guru 
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........From EMF-L..........

Thanks to Spark for the following.....  It does not look like the
EMF/EMR "non ionizing" radiation that we are concerned about ... is
included in this book of the history about the regulation of radiation.  
But this history book should nevertheless provide some insight into 
the "kind" of problems that we are grappling with.....  The main
difference being: the world KNEW (from the beginning) that it had a 
health/environmental problem in the case of ionizing radiation.  
It has taken a hundred years of exposure to discover that there are
also "hazards" in "non ionizing" radiation....guru...


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Subject: SX3S1: New book on the history of Radiation exposure regulation
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:21:55 EDT
From: Envoptions@aol.com
To: roy@emfguru.com

This book may be of interest to the readers of the emf and health list.
It may provide insight into EMF exposure standards development.
Found at: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep2000/2000L-09-25-09.html
Forwarded by Spark Burmaster, Chaseburg, Wisconsin, USA

The book entitled: "PERMISSIBLE DOSE" RELATES THE HISTORY OF RADIATION 
STANDARDS - WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2000 (ENS) - A new book by the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) historian examines the twentieth 
century evolution of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure 
radiation safety for nuclear workers and the general public. "Permissible 
Dose," by J. Samuel Walker, covers the political and scientific debate on 
radiation risks caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from 
medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, and 
radioactivity from manmade and natural sources. It shows how scientific 
research and political controversy have led to revisions in the "maximum 
permissible dose" and why exposure standards have been tightened since the 
1930s.
The book focuses on the programs and roles of the federal agencies - the 
Atomic
Energy Commission, the NRC and the Environmental Protection Agency - 
established to provide protection for those exposed to low level radiation 
from activities under their jurisdictions. The book does not represent an 
official position of the NRC nor should its conclusions be viewed as policy 
statements of the agency. It is the third in a series of publications on the 
history of nuclear regulation sponsored by the NRC. The previous two volumes 
by the NRC historian are "Controlling the Atom: The Beginnings of Nuclear 
Regulation, 1946-1962" and "Containing the Atom: Nuclear Regulation in a 
Changing Environment, 1963-1971." All three books have been published by the 
University of California Press.


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