"Tobacco plants are grown in soils with high-phosphate fertilizers that are naturally contaminated with the alpha-particle emitting radionuclide polonium-210.In one year,the average smoker will irradiate the bronchial epithelium with 8 to 9 rem,the equivalent dose of radiation from 250 to 300 chest X-ray films per year" (Pediatrics,September 1993,p.464) .How many sieverts is equivalent to 8.5 rem for particle emission? (RBE for particles = 20)
A) 43 Sv
B) 0.0043 Sv
C) 1.7 Sv
D) 850 Sv
E) 0.085 Sv
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