More and more indicators are pointing to this tragic fact.
A BRIEF HISTORY
Within 6 years of the discovery
of x-rays – A relationship between skin cancer and radiation exposure
was established.
An association between leukemia
and radiation was suspected a few years later.
In 1931, Martland first suspected
induction of cancers in humans by ingested radio nuclides, from a
study of radium dial painters.
Radiation protection
standards in pioneering days were based largely on early effects,
such as skin reaction, but the risk of cancer induction is now the
dominant factor that determines occupational exposure limits.
