Table 9: Developing Comparisons for Risks due to Plutonium Exposure Voluntary Risks
| Risk | Outrage (1) | Health Study Appropriateness (2) | |
| Sources of Radiation | Intercontinental Flight | no | 4 |
| Eating Bananas | no | 4 | |
| High Background levels | no | 3 | |
| Indoor Radon | no | 3 | |
| Watching TV | no | 4 | |
| Medical Tests/x-rays | no | 4 | |
| Causes of Death or Cancer |
Airplane Crash | no | 4 |
| Motorcycling | no | 5 | |
| Driving a Car | no | 5 | |
| Boating | no | 5 | |
| Swimming | no | 5 | |
| Scuba Diving | no | 5 | |
| Hunting | no | 5 | |
| Saccharin | no | 5 | |
| Household Chemicals | no | 4 | |
| Smoking | no | 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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