Research Catalog

Title

Risk assessment of radon in drinking water / Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1999.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water.

Description

xiii, 279 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "This book presents a valuable synthesis of information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water, including comprehensive reviews of data on the transfer of radon from water to indoor air and on outdoor levels of radon in the United States. It also presents a new analysis of a biokinetic model developed to determine the risks posed by ingestion of radon and reviews inhalation risks and the carcinogenesis process.
• The volume includes scenarios for quantifying the reduction in health risk that might be achieved by a program to reduce public exposure to radon."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Radon mitigation
• Radon > Health aspects
• Health risk assessment > United States
• Indoor air pollution > Health aspects > United States
• Drinking water > Contamination > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-222) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Baseline Information on Indoor Radon and Radon in Water in the United States -- 3. Transfer of Radon from Water to Indoor Air -- 4. Dosimetry of Ingested Radon and its Associated Risk -- 5. Dosimetry of Inhaled Radon and its Associated Risk -- 6. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Radon-Induced Carcinogenesis -- 7. Defining Key Variabilities and Uncertainties -- 8. Mitigation -- 9. Multimedia Approach to Risk Reduction -- 10. Research Recommendations -- App. A. Behavior of Radon and Its Decay Products in the Body -- App. B. A Model for Diffusion of Radon Through the Stomach Wall -- App. C. Water-Mitigation Techniques -- App. D. Risks Associated with Disinfection By-products Formed by Water Chlorination Related to Trihalomethanes (THMs) -- App. E. Gamma Radiation Dose from Granular-Activated Carbon (GAC) Water Treatment Units -- App. F. EPA Approach to Analyzing Uncertainty and Variability.

ISBN

0309062926 (casebound)

LCCN

99006134

OCLC

• 40820865
• ocm40820865

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries