Pages 372-375 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
Pages 372-375 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
An Alaskan review of nuclear radiation incidents, which may have led to potential human exposures, is evaluated for its public health impact. Risk assessments of exposures today from known, nonmilitary sources will be compared to the possible exposure from reported events when the public was, and could still be, being exposed. With concerns that there currently are no known safe levels of nuclear radiation exposure, suggestions for long-term health impact studies will be made so that there will be evaluations of low-level exposures. The polar regions may be a natural laboratory for such investigations due to the reduced geomagnetic field and ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere.