Carcinogenic Risk Associated with Radon-Enriched Well Water
作者:
DOUGLASG. MOSE,
GEORGEW. MUSHRUSH,
期刊:
Energy Sources
(Taylor Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 7
页码: 705-713
ISSN:0090-8312
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1080/00908319708908884
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: cancer;geology;indoor radon;risk assessment;waterborne radon
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
A comparison has been made between radon in drinking water and the incidence of cancer using a set of home occupants in Virginia and Maryland. In a subset of people who drink radon-free but chlorinated drinking water from a reservoir, about 3% develop some type of cancer. In a subset of people who drink low-radon water from private water wells, about 3% develop cancer. In a subset who drink high-radon well water, about 6% develop cancer. A comparison with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates of cancer related to airborne radon indicates that for the general population, the incidence of radon-related cancer from drinking water is similar to the incidence of cancer from inhaled radon. For the 10% of the population that consumes well water and, in particular, for the 5% of the population that consumes high-radon well water, the drinking water carries a considerably higher cancer risk than inhaling airborne radon.
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