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Question:
What is more appropriate term for non-human organisms: radiological risk to biota or environmental risk from ionising radiation to biota? The opinion of many radiologist is, that the term radiological relates to humans only? The biota dosimetry is relatively young science, so this is probably the reason of many disagreements.

Answer:
The terms non-human biota and non-human species appear to be the most widely used to date. However, most often we mean wild species and consequently 'wildlife' may be more appropriate and understandable by the wider scientific community and public  (the IAEA use 'wildlife' in their draft handbook of transfer parameters). In this context wildlife is defined as any undomesticated plant, animal or other organism.

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