radiation therapy is not for healthy peopleOriginally Posted by Boissez
Ever taken a radiography? You may be exposed to months worth of background radiation in just a couple of seconds. Yet even doctors prescribe it
The current events in the two nuclear plants shouldn't be overdramatized - this ain't no where near a chernobyl type release (more like 10000-times smaller) where workers got lethal doses of radiation within minutes of exposure.
Especially when you have thousands and thousands of people nearby without food, water and shelter.
doctors don't prescribe them... they other known as radiologists require xray or ct or even PET for diagnostic purposes not for curing.
i carry an insta-dose dosimeter. xrays aren't that bad, if you follow "ALARA"
background radiation is always at minimum in hospitals... xray sources or radio-isotopes are always in shielded rooms.
but cesium sources produce beta radiation...
imagine being exposed to cesium...a dust cloud of radioactive cesium...
instant cell death
half life of cesium is 30yrs...it will be 1 generation before they disappear..and hopefully the babies are normal...
just bits off of my head
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