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RADIOLOGICAL ISSUES<br />

BEIR III (1979) figures for cancer induction from low-dose, low-LET ionizing radiation which<br />

have been sex and age factored. (115)<br />

Response<br />

The 1979 draft <strong>of</strong> BEIR III was withdrawn. NAS released an updated BEIR III report in<br />

July <strong>of</strong> 1980 which indicates that risk estimates <strong>of</strong> cancer death from low levels <strong>of</strong><br />

radiation are only half what they were thought to be in 1972 (and as reported in the BEIR I<br />

report). The range <strong>of</strong> conversion factors used in this Statement encompass the values<br />

suggested by both BEIR I (1972) and BEIR III (1980).

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