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One of his other videos describes the people who are most exposed to radiation. The answer shocked me: https://youtu.be/TRL7o2kPqw0?t=9m https://youtu.be/TRL7o2

• shiggerino 11y ago
  >The answer shocked me You could make a good living as a journalist these days!
  • ablation 11y ago
    You won't believe how much these people have been exposed to radiation!
    • firas_b 11y ago
      This man walks barefoot in Chernobyl. What he discovers next is unbelievable!
      • ablation 11y ago
        Government FURIOUS at this one weird trick used by a steam explosion to shed 2000 tons of concrete and steel plating.
• eblume 11y ago
  That's a horribly misleading little segment there... the time scales were completely incompatible. A CT scan is an instantaneous event, a stay on the ISS lasts 6 months, and the smoker's lungs statistic is over an entire lifetime.
  • junto 11y ago
    I guess as an ex-smoker, that piece of the video shocked me. Apologies to all for the way I linked to the video. I've just learn what buzzfeed is, thanks to gjm11!
• gjm11 11y ago
  OK, I listened to this so that others don't have to (junto, good Buzzfeed impression, but please don't do it again). Allegedly (note: I haven't checked any of these figures, but I have tried to be a bit clearer about units): Typical natural background radiation: 2mSv/year. CT scan (one-off): 7mSv. Total extra radiation (over a lifetime) for people around Fukushima: 10mSv. US radiation workers' limit: 50mSv/year. Astronauts on ISS: 160mSv/year. Average smoker: 160mSv/year.
• ghshephard 11y ago
  Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/