An approach to comparative assessments of potential health risks form exposure to radionuclides and hazardous chemicals

摘要

The need to compare potential health risks to the public associated with different activities that can result in releases substances to the environment is becoming increasingly important in decision-making. In making such comparisons, it is desirable to use equivalent indicators of potential health risks for radionuclides, chemical carcinogens, and noncarcinogenic hazardous chemicals. Current approaches to risk assessment that were developed for purposes of protecting human health do not provide equivalent indicators of potential risks from exposure to radionuclides and hazardous chemicals.