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To: LukeL

1OOO MSV is indeeed 100 Rem! In the USA, ppl get through the year, 6.2 MSV, which is 620 Rem. Read the math here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert#SI_multiples_and_conversions


3 posted on 03/15/2011 11:14:45 PM PDT by goods
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To: goods

No it is 620mRem. I am wrong that 620 would kill you spread out over a year, but you would almost certainly get cancer or have bone marrow damage. The upper limit dose is 5,000mrem or 5Rem per year.


4 posted on 03/15/2011 11:19:09 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: goods

People in America do not get 620 REM. That is ridiculous. The average American gets approximately 300 mrem per year. A single dose of approximately 300-500 REM will kill about 50% of the people within 30 days. The legal limit for Occupational Radiation Workers in the US is 5 REM per year. That would be on top of the approximately 300 mrem a person receives from nature, medical etc...


15 posted on 03/16/2011 4:20:56 AM PDT by Galactica
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To: goods

NO ONE in the US gets 620 REM in a year. That dose is above LD50 (Lethal dose for 50% without medical care)

Avg dose for the US will vary from 300 to 650 or so, depending on the study.


22 posted on 03/16/2011 6:56:18 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: goods

300 mRem to 650 mRem. Forgot the units there.


23 posted on 03/16/2011 6:56:51 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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