CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

A Note to the Reader

Introduction

1: ASSESSING THE RISKS

2: RADIATION FROM DISCOVERY TO TODAY

3: THE NATURE OF RADIATION

4: RADIATION AND CANCER

5: GENETIC DISEASES, BIRTH DEFECTS, AND IRRADIATED FOOD

6: RADIATION AND MEDICINE

7: BOMBS

8: NUCLEAR POWER AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE

9: SUMMING UP

Questions and Answers

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

A Note About the Authors

Illustration Credits

Illustrations

Other Books by These Authors