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You are confusing ionizing and non-ionizing radiation...

• smegger001 11y ago
  Well the article title and the HN headline did not specify that. In fact after a quick reread the whole article never said what type of radiation. What are they talking about? Alpha radiation, Probably not it is mostly harmless unless you eat a radiation source or it gets stuck in your lungs. Betaray imitations? Maybe gamma radiation but wouldn't want to mess with that. UV is ionizing but most people don't think of it.
  • spacecowboy_lon 11y ago
    Unless ingested in the case of alpha