My cousin who passed away last month got leukemia from the radiation treatment she was receiving to get rid of her cancer. The cure can be just as bad as the disease when it comes to radiation.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > I found a chart or two that gives a nice breakdown on what radiation > > exposure means to you. > > http://xkcd.com/radiation/ > > > > Great stuff, but this provides a great thread-jack opportunity for > healthcare: > > Note that: > > 1.) Lowest 1-year dose clearly linked to increased cancer risk = 100 mSv > > 2.) Chest CT Scan = 6 mSv > > 3.) Mammogram = 3 mSv > > 4.) Dental X-ray or Hand X-ray = 0.005 mSv > > In other words mammograms and CT scans are NOT no-risk preventative > medicine. The disease may be in the scan! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335526 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
