It's ironic that our ability to measure radiation with precision instruments is so very sensitive and precise. The fear that radiation inspires comes directly

It's ironic that our ability to measure radiation with precision instruments is so very sensitive and precise. The fear that radiation inspires comes directly from the way it can make you sick invisibly. Many people in the early atomic age without any instruments to detect radiation were poisoned invisibly and without warning by testing fallout and allowing worker and miner exposure to save money. So we can measure this more closely than other kinds of danger but mistrust and invisibility still drive widespread panic.