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Exposure to radiation increases risks for a range of diseases and genetic disorders. Yet, precise dose effects are difficult to predict with certainty because of the complexity of modeling bio-accumulation and bio-magnification processes and because of the historic Cold-War politics of a “permissible dose.” Consequently, extant dose-effects models may underrepresent genomic risks from bio-accumulation, bio-magnification, and from individual and developmental susceptibilities.

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Nadesan, M.H. (2013). Radiation Effects. In: Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137343123_4

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