While exposure at these levels may produce injury, the injury would be reversible. The EEL represents a cumulative exposure limit taking into account both the time of exposure and the concentration at which the exposure occurs.
A continuous exposure limit of 40 mT is given for the general public.
More distressing, they found that three-quarters of the schools they visited had levels that exceeded the yearly exposure limit for employees at Japan's nuclear plants.
The EEL represents a cumulative exposure limit taking into account both the time of exposure and the concentration at which the exposure occurs.
