Xray Perspective
I don't think I'm going to worry about this xray thing. A typical spine xray exposes a person to approx 1.5 mSv, the average person in the US receives an effective dose of about 3 mSv per year from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic radiation from outer space.
I like this conversation though - opportunity to share some facts (vs fears): http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safe...m?pg=sfty_xray
To explain it in simple terms, we can compare the radiation exposure from one chest x-ray as equivalent to the amount of radiation exposure one experiences from our natural surroundings in 10 days.
I don't think I'm going to worry about this xray thing. A typical spine xray exposes a person to approx 1.5 mSv, the average person in the US receives an effective dose of about 3 mSv per year from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic radiation from outer space.
I like this conversation though - opportunity to share some facts (vs fears): http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safe...m?pg=sfty_xray
To explain it in simple terms, we can compare the radiation exposure from one chest x-ray as equivalent to the amount of radiation exposure one experiences from our natural surroundings in 10 days.
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