31. Many of them suffer from the long-term effects of radiation exposure. 32. Money, radiation exposure and time are all carefully watched. 33. More than two-thirds of all respondents knew someone who had suffered from radiation exposure. 34. Most died from the heat and force of the blast but many were killed by the brief but severe radiation exposure. 35. Moreover, he said, unlike the courts, few scientists are willing to identify a safe level of radiation exposure because the risk is cumulative. 36. Neither of those cancers is linked specifically to radiation exposure and because the overall numbers are low, the rates may be statistically insignificant, the report says. 37. Most veterans, he said, still have to prove individually that their illnesses were a result of radiation exposure. 38. Nuclear plant workers face radiation exposure beyond these levels. 39. Recently declassified Energy Department documents show that the government kept sloppy, incomplete records on radiation exposure of its own workers in many cases. 40. Rocketdyne officials said the health and safety of company workers was their paramount concern and they would assume responsibility for the health impacts of work-related radiation exposures. |