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When it's mentioned in the "potentially harmful" scope, "radiation" is shorthand for ionizing radiation.

• ch4ch4 13y ago
  Yet there's no shorthand for the "potentially beneficial" scope... I just hate that the general public connotes "radiation" with "harmful".
  • ars 13y ago
    > Yet there's no shorthand for the "potentially beneficial" scope... Yes there is. The main word is "light". And also "warmth" or "radio waves".
    • pygy_ 13y ago
      ... and X-rays, radiotherapy, scintigraphy... Still, the fact is that "radiation", for the layman, means nocive radioactivity.