European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stamatin doily Magazine it i cure sit everywhere exactly How much radiation is dangerous still remains a mystery to scientist sol Michaelson and his colleagues. By Louise Cook associated press Al 1 a me can t taste or touch it. We often can t j5 w it m see or hear it. Some of it is Good for us and to some in t. We live with it. Day after Day. Off and we Don t really know what it does to us it is radiation. Radiation from the Sun. From a rays from microwave Wens from television sets and even from our bodies. Radiation found in nature and radiation created by radiation that cures and radiation that kills. Most americans never come in Contact with the Munt of radiation we associate with mushroom shaped feuds or nuclear reactors. What we face instead is a Low a that poses a minor but continual risk. How much radiation is around us Short of wearing a bastion badge there is no Way of determining what 5"f you be been exposed to said Allan Mcgowan lot scientists Institute for Public information. Radiation is defined As Energy moving through space is invisible Waves. The frequency of the Waves deter their effect on Man. We re always surrounded by Radiant  said Solomon Michaelson of the University of Rochester Seal Center. Heat and Light Are examples. They can  what then makes some radiation dangerous Een proposals in Cut the limit in half Arem a year Gregory said the average american gels 100 to 120 Mil Liems a year from natural background radiation. There arc . This includes radiation from elements in the Earth from outer space and even from substances like potassium 40 in our bodies. The Levels vary with Elevation Andrea. The dose from nuclear Power plants is even lower three one thousands of a Milliren for the average  said. Medical and dental a rays account for 80 to 90 percent of the Man made radiation we face. The skin level dose from a dental a Ray is about 200 Milli rems. But the amount absorbed by the body is 10 to 20 Milli rems. Wolfe said a Chest a Ray might Resul in a body dose of 10 to 30 Milli rems. Assuming a 10 Milliren level you would have to have 500 a rays in a year before you received the bodily dose allowed by the government for people like nuclear Power Plant workers you should however avoid a rays you Don t need and said Wulfe. You should ask your doctor or dentist when hip machine was Lasi inspected for possible leakage and whether it passed the lest radiation emitted by today s television sets is. Accord inn to the Fra. Generally at Levels too Low to present a Public health Hazard " by Law. To sets May not Emit Mure than half a Milli Roentgen an hour i a dental a Ray emits about 200 Milliros calf ens i. Non ionizing radiation is measured in Milli Wattsjer Square centimetre. Fra standards set a limit of 5 Mill Watts per Square centimetre measured at a distance of two inches As the amount of radial Ion allowed of leak from a microwave oven according to Michaelson. You would have to be exposed to at least 20 times that much or 100 Mill Watts before you would he in any danger at All saturday August 12, 1978 the stars and stripes Poge u