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NH #612 – “Acceptable” Radiation Exposure Standards & Gender Bias: Mary Olson + In Memorium: Mary Oscko, N. St. Louis Activist

Nuclear Hotseat

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A Woman's Question About Radiation

"There was never any discussion of biological sex as a factor in radiation harm," she says. "I realized that I had a moral obligation since I didn't even know that the question existed to try and find her an answer" The National Academy of Sciences report acknowledges that radiation is more harmful to females, but it doesn't disclose where the numbers are or how they're calculated.

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