Chronic radiation is defined as the radiation received slowly or in a
low-dose-rate from various sources. It is completely different in
nature to the acute gamma or neutron radiation generated from the
atomic bomb explosions that occurred in Japan at the end of World War
II. Tantalizing insights from people living in higher-than-normal
background radiation areas in the world and from nuclear energy
workers receiving excess radiation over long years have suggested
that chronic radiation might paradoxically be beneficial to humans.
However, in the absence of an epidemiological study, it has been
impossible to conclude whether chronic radiation is harmless or
indeed beneficial to human beings. Fortuitously, an incredible Co-60
contamination incident occurred in Taiwan 21 years ago, which
provided the data necessary to demonstrate that chronic radiation is
beneficial to human beings.
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