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What are the Risks to Future Children? Hereditary Effects
•Concern
over radiation-induced hereditary (genetic) effects is quite common due
to a century of misrepresentation, by the media and the entertainment
industry, of radiation’s ability to produce hereditary effects.
•The
natural incidence of malformations and genetic disease at 1-2 years of
age is 6-10%. (Mossman KL, Hill LT:
Radiation Risks in Pregnancy
, Obsts Gynecol 60:237-242, 1982)
•No
direct evidence of hereditary effects exceeding normal incidence have
been observed in any of the studies of humans exposed to radiation, even
with high doses.
•Risk
of severe hereditary effects from UNSCEAR
Hereditary Effects of Radiation,
2001.
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