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Not sure if high natural background radiation really means more cancer. I tried searching but I cant find a study where apartment builings in Japan were inadve
by luka-birsa 9y ago
Not sure if high natural background radiation really means more cancer.
I tried searching but I cant find a study where apartment builings in Japan were inadvertently built using steel laced with radioactive elements.
People (10000) were living in them for decades. Statistical analysis on them showed lower affinity for cancer related deaseses.
- gopalv 9y ago> inadvertently built using steel laced with radioactive elements. > Statistical analysis on them showed lower affinity for cancer Radiation Hormesis might be real (I hope so), but if it gets through drywall, it would be a different form of radioactivity to the one I grew up around. Alpha decay needs just a simple sheet of paper (or dead skin cells) to stop the radiation, but it messes with DNA if you happen to eat it or breathe it. That's the one from Th-232, in comparison bananas are also naturally radioactive, but the K-40 emits beta particles, which doesn't cause as much damage. Alpha decay is what a cup of Polonium tea would have (from the infamous assassination).
- luka-birsa 9y agoFound the study - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477708/ It wasn't Japan, but Taiwan.