Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Environment (NATO SCIENCE SERIES: IV
Subtitle: Earth and Environmental
Contributors: Marina V. Frontasyeva (Editor); Vladimir P. Perelygin (Editor); Peter Vater (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781402000591
Subjects: Pollution & threats to the environment; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
First sentence: There is no medical or epidemiological evidence to show detriment from the tissue concentrations of plutonium present in the general population, which derive mostly from the testing of nuclear weapons, or from the rather higher levels which can result from permissible occupational exposure [1,2]; indeed, such evidence is lacking also in groups of workers historically contaminated at levels well in excess of current limits [2].