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Under normal circumstances radiation levels in the environment due to industrial applications do not exceed those from natural radiation. Detrimental consequences of background radiation in man i e, exposure to an effective dose of 2 mSv have never been proven. The reactor accident at Chernobyl was a catastrophe with large social and economical consequences. Statements that more than 100,000 persons would already have died due to this accident, however, have never been validated. The highest levels of radioactive contamination mainly iodine and caesium, occurred in Belarus. Up to 1996 more than 300 excess cases of thyroid cancer were observed in children [1]. The minimum latency period between exposure and diagnosis of thyroid cancer was four years. Since most cancers could be cured, the number of fatal cases was restricted to three [2].
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Broerse, J.J. (1999). Radiation Induced Cancer in Animals. In: Baumstark-Khan, C., Kozubek, S., Horneck, G. (eds) Fundamentals for the Assessment of Risks from Environmental Radiation. NATO Science Series, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4585-5_48
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