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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? |
| Date | 2016-06-10 21:44 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <2vor2d-hd2.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <njelst$55s$1@gioia.aioe.org> <b81099e6-6b99-4aa8-8d34-9edec9f617ba@googlegroups.com> |
Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> wrote: > On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 8:21:06 AM UTC-7, Sergio wrote: >> Good Info on Radiation risk >> >> http://www.umich.edu/~radinfo/introduction/risk.htm >> >> >> Another way of looking at risk, is to look at the Relative Risk of 1 in >> a million chances of dying of activities common to our society. >> >> >> Smoking 1.4 cigarettes (lung cancer) >> Eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter >> Spending 2 days in New York City (air pollution) >> Driving 40 miles in a car (accident) >> Flying 2500 miles in a jet (accident) >> Canoeing for 6 minutes >> Receiving 10 mrem of radiation (cancer) >> >> Adapted from DOE Radiation Worker Training, based on work by B.L Cohen, >> Sc.D. >> >> >> Procedure | Dose (Sv)| Dose (mrem) |Fatal Cancer |# Cigarettes| #Miles >> >> Chest xray >> 3.2 x 10-5 3.2 1.3 x 10-6 9 23 >> >> Skull Exam >> 1.5 x 10-4 15 6 x 10-6 44 104 >> >> Barium Enema >> 5.4 x 10-4 54 2 x 10-5 148 357 >> >> Bone Scan >> 4.4 x 10-3 440 1.8 x 10-4 1300 3200 >> >> >> [never smoke in a canoe after a Peanut and Jelly sandwitch in Colorado !] > > > What about dental X-rays? > > Double-A If your dentist doesn't have one of the computer contolled, low dose, highly focused machines and is still firing off an old film X-ray blunderbus machine from behind a shield, find a new dentist. -- Jim Pennino
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How risky is low level Radiation ? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-10 10:20 -0500
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-06-10 12:06 -0700
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 12:21 -0700
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-06-10 13:37 -0700
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-10 21:48 +0000
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-06-11 12:36 -0700
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 15:15 -0700
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-10 21:44 +0000
Re: How risky is low level Radiation ? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-10 21:40 +0000
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