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Squeaky mouse in the room: the actual numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation Natural b
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Squeaky mouse in the room: the actual numbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation
Natural background: 2.40 mSv/year (world average)
Atmospheric testing: "peak of 0.11 mSv in 1963"
- dnautics 13y agoIsotopes of specific atoms have a different biochemical targetting and effect than EM radiation. Iodine is concentrated in the thyroid, strontium makes its way to the bone (close to hematopoetic stem cells), etc.