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		throwaway_yy2Di on Feb 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer Squeaky mouse in the room: the actual numbers. 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 on Feb 4, 2014 [–]

Isotopes 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.

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