Friday, June 24, 2011

6/23/2011 | City in Chiba Prefecture sets independent radiation dose standard for children

Source: The Mainichi Daily News
Date: 6/23/2011

NODA, Chiba -- The municipal government here independently set a 1.0 millisievert maximum annual radiation dose for children, and will take anti-exposure measures should doses at schools in the city exceed that figure, it was announced on June 22.
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Editor's Comment: It is refreshing to see local governments sticking up for the people, in trying to keep the old 1 millisievert/year safety rule for children. 20 millisieverts/year as an arbitrary standard is ridiculous. An important benchmark to watch hourly Geiger counters against is 1 millisievert/365/24 or .1142 microsieverts/hour. Note that children are three times more susceptible to radiation effects than adults.

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