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Radiation and Society: Overreaction to Low-Dose-Rate Radiation

Wade Allison
UK
2015
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Wade Allison, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Irrational fear of radiation dating from the Cold War period has been exacerbated by unscientific international guidance. We need to appreciate the benefits of radiation for medical care, leisure, agriculture, industry, commerce, many other fields of science and space travel.