Table 10: Developing Comparisons for Risks due to Plutonium Exposure Involuntary Risks
Table 10: Developing Comparisons for Risks due to
Plutonium Exposure
Involuntary Risks
| Risk | Outrage (1) | Health Study Appropriateness (2) | ||
| Chronic | Natural | Background | no | 3 |
| Outdoor Radon | no | 1 | ||
| Cosmic Rays | no | 5 | ||
| Chronic | Man-made | Air Pollution | yes | 3 |
| Plutonium Fallout from nuclear tests |
yes | 1-2 | ||
| 2nd-hand smoke | yes | 3 | ||
| Polonium 210 in 2nd-hand smoke |
yes | 2 | ||
| Living with a smoke detector |
no | 4 | ||
| Red Dye #5 | yes | 5 | ||
| Asbestos | yes | 5 | ||
| Industrial toxic chemicals |
yes | 3 | ||
| Immediate | “Acts of God” | Lightning Strike | no | 5 |
| Torando | no | 5 | ||
| Meteorite | no | 5 | ||
| Flood | no | 5 | ||
| Immediate | Sudden/ Imposed |
Plutonium Accidents at other sites |
yes | 2 |
| Hit by a Car | yes | 5 | ||
| Food Poisoning | yes | 5 |
- For ‘Outrage’ a judgment was made as to whether or not the risk causes public anger, fear, defensiveness, frustration or suspicion.
- Risks were rated from Most Appropriate Comparisons (1) to Least Appropriate (5).
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