No, not especially. It's mostly dependent on how early in your life you receive doses of radiation. It's why we tend to stay away from CT scans in pregnant wome

No, not especially. It's mostly dependent on how early in your life you receive doses of radiation. It's why we tend to stay away from CT scans in pregnant women, or other high dose radiation in kids. However, the obstetrician-gynecologists I worked with drilled into me that if you need a CT scan, do it anyways because technically one CT scan does not exceed the dosage that will cause damage in babies. XKCD made a nice little graphic comparing the dosage of different radiations: https://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/