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> Due to the extremely high risk and toxicity involved with using plutonium, numerous layers and shields were woven into these pacemakers resulting in larger an
by afterburner 4y ago
> Due to the extremely high risk and toxicity involved with using plutonium, numerous layers and shields were woven into these pacemakers resulting in larger and heavier devices. Despite strong concern of radiation exposure, the actual risk of exposure from these plutonium-powered pacemakers was almost non-existent.
What a strange phrase. I would say it was because of the concern of the risk of radiation, not "despite" it, leading to the precautions built into the device, that the risk was reduced to "almost non-existent".
Or is this a claim that the shielding was unnecessary?
- michaelt 4y agoThe claim here is "The risk was tiny due to the superb shielding - but patients were still wary and preferred their implants not have any nuclear material at all"
- jerry1979 4y agoI think it reads like: Even though people might worry about radiation from the device, the actual risk (due to all the shielding) is almost non-existent.