01-18-2012, 07:26 PM | #21 | |
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Although there was once a general belief that there was no safe dose of ionizing radiation propagated by politically motivated science, it turns out that there are doses which are probably harmless, and it's even been seen in some animal models that mild exposure might even upregulate the body's self-repair processes (which is a good, healthy thing).
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01-18-2012, 08:23 PM | #22 | |
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01-19-2012, 09:14 AM | #23 | |
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"Ignore non-acute radiation damage". might be a defensible genre assunption but I'd never take it as reality without _very_ strong evidence. Optimism about the friendlyness of the universe is usually not warranted.
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01-19-2012, 10:18 AM | #25 |
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Neutrons technically aren't ionizing radiation and don't produce rads at all, at least directly (they do so indirectly by knocking around other atoms, but that also causes direct damage). That's one distinct benefit of reading 'rads' as 'rems'.
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01-19-2012, 04:30 PM | #26 | |
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I plan on living past 100, so radiation accumulation over time is quite important to me. :) |
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01-19-2012, 04:51 PM | #27 | |
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01-19-2012, 04:56 PM | #28 | |
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You most definitely fit in the sensible middle of the risks of radiation spectrum (no pun intended, but just this once. lol ) |
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01-19-2012, 05:06 PM | #29 |
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