On June 6th Mike Flynn, Director of EPA's Office of Radiation and IndoorAir (ORIA), announced the availability of the updated EPA Radiogenic
Cancer Risk Models and Projections for the U.S. Population (EPA
402-R-11-001, April 2011), also known as the Blue Book. Mike noted
that,
"This update revises EPA's methodology for estimating cancer risks from
radiation exposure and contains calculations for cancer risk estimates
separately by age at exposure, sex, and potentially affected organ. The
majority of the revision is based on the National Research Council's
latest report on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII).
The Blue Book is available on EPA’s radiation protection website at
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ and on the Federal Register at
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0436-0001.
Please feel free to share these links with anyone who might be
interested in the revised Blue Book. If you have any questions or
comments, please contact David Pawel of my office at
pawel.david@epa.gov."
Visit http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ for more information.
vr,
Philip P. Jalbert
202.343.9431
U.S. EPA, Indoor Environments Division (IED)
HQ State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) Program Coordinator
www.epa.gov/radon/sirgprogram.html
CIAQ Executive Secretary
Federal Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality (CIAQ)
www.epa.gov/iaq/ciaq
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