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Ask them about the radiation dose in banana-equivalent, then be less worried.
by ris 13y ago
Ask them about the radiation dose in banana-equivalent, then be less worried.
- powertower 13y agoI'd rather get that back to me as a percentage compared to a Phone Booth filled with nuclear waste (but only 75% of the way up) while standing 13.43 meters away with the humidity levels at 95%.
- nate_meurer 13y agoYou're confusing CT scans with conventional x-ray images. CT scans deliver the radiation equivalent of hundreds of conventional x-ray images. The radiation dose is high enough to epidemiologically significant (meaning higher cancer rates in people who have been scanned, especially children).
- ris 13y agoBelieve me, I'm not confusing them - I just think it's significantly less risky than the parent does. And yes, there can be higher cancer rates in people who have a _lot_ of CT scans done e.g. because of a serious illness.