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By nmrahde on 8/17/2011 9:03:36 PM , Rating: 1
Here's some more truth speak for you...

1. We KNOW radiation exists naturally. In all of us. Mostly in the form of Potassium-40.

2. We KNOW that UV radiation is necessary for the production of Vitamin D. If you could eliminate it completely you'd be like any number of fat kids who don't go outside anymore and have a Vitamin D deficiency.

3. Okay I don't really have an argument against this one.

As for the types of cancer increase from various sources, from what I understand there's a bit too many variables to make a simple chart for that. If you are truly concerned, stock up on iodine tablets. Your body will readily absorb iodine (radioactive or not) up to a certain point. If you're fully stocked on non-radioactive iodine your body will excrete the rest.

Many other radioactive materials aren't readily used in bodily processes so you only have to work about the radioactive particles themselves. Here what matters is the energy of the particle.

If I recall correctly (and I could easily be wrong lol) the heavier the particle the less energy it typically has. In most cases heavy alpha particles won't have enough energy to pierce the skin. Beta and gamma radiation have the potential to be more harmful as they can penetrate deeper.

Perhaps more useful information for you (and all of us), would have been if the study provided the data in the form of Sieverts.

Straight from Wiki:
The sievert (symbol: Sv) is the International System of Units (SI) SI derived unit of dose equivalent radiation. It attempts to quantitatively evaluate the biological effects of ionizing radiation as opposed to the physical aspects, whichgray. are characterised by the absorbed dose, measured in that would have been far more useful in determining if this amount of radiation was actually harmful. It also would have been far less sensational.

