Health Risks to People Living Near Decommissioned Site Including Radionuclide Soil Action Levels (RSALs)
Rockwell Contamination/Rocky Flats IEER Report

Health risks to people living near a site that has been decommissioned may arise from a number of different sources, such as:

• Direct gamma radiation from residual radionuclides, and in some cases also neutron and beta radiation
• drinking contaminated water
• eating food grown using contaminated water for irrigation
• eating contaminated soil or ingesting it during periods when the air is dusty or via food
• breathing air containing contaminated soil that has re-suspended due to high winds
• breathing contaminants entering the air during fires
• exposure in utero via the mother's diet

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