How does low-level radiation compare to the radiation that a person may encounter on a daily basis?
Radiation is part of our lives. Workers at low level waste disposal facilities receive less radiation than people in many other occupations. A millirem is a unit for measuring radiation. According to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Report No. 93, 1988, the estimated annual dose to an average American is 360 millirems. About 295 of these millirem come from natural sources all around us: potassium in our bodies; cosmic rays from the sun; radioactive elements in the earth’s crust; and the building materials in our homes and offices like brick, stone and plaster. The rest of these millirems come from exposure in medical tests and procedures; and consumer products like television sets; luminous dial watches; smoke detectors and building materials. Lifestyle and geographic location can also have an effect on the amount of radiation we receive.
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