Every U.S. agency that regulates radiation exposure agrees that
there is no safe dose no matter how small. There are only
"allowable" doses or "legally permitted doses." Today
radiobiologists all agree that “one can no longer speak of a
‘safe’ dose level.” (Ian Fairlie & Marvin Resnikoff, “No dose
too low,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nov/Dec 1997,
p. 54) Following are the official U.S. government assessments:
National Council on Radiation Protection Every increment of
radiation exposure produces an incremental increase in the risk
of cancer. National Council on Radiation Protection, “Evaluation
of the Linear-Non-threshold Dose-Response Model for Ionizing
Radiation,” NCRP report 136, Bethesda, MD, June 4, 2001, cited
in Science for Democratic Action, IEER, June 2005 U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Current evidence suggests that
any exposure to radiation poses some risk, i.e. there is no
level below which we can say an exposure poses no risk. U.S.
EPA, “Radiation Protection: Health Effects” U.S