Tanada wrote:New report, unfortunately behind a pay wall. Here is the teaser which is free to view.
Lack of transgenerational effects of ionizing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl accident[b]Genomics of radiation-induced damage
Those with subscription or who are willing to purchase access can find the web page
HERE!
Thanks for the reminders, over time, Tanada, to try to look at radiation rationally -- which far too many people don't.
As you point out over time, it CAN be handled and dealt with quite safely, re policies. But humans, short term thinkers re cost savings and thinking only of short term profits, often DON'T do what is needed to handle it safely. (Example, Japan, and the way they stored the radioactive waste in the reactor buildings, instead of safely encased in glass and stored somewhere else or buried in a deep, safe place).
Perspective and data are very much "things".
I used to worry just a bit about dental X-rays, since my mother did. Then I read a piece on the wall on the dentist's office one day, waiting on him to come and check my teeth. It pointed out that a dental X-ray (bitewing) causes roughly the exposure of a few hours in flight on an ordinary jet on a long trip. (Turns out that was a bit low -- but still significantly lower than ONE DAY of normal background radiation at sea level.)
Then I thought about how little you hear about jet pilots dying early from cancers likely induced by all their exposure to extra radiation, after a CAREER of spending over a THOUSAND hours a year at altitude, on average.
So that's round numbers, maybe 10,000ish dental X-rays of "extra" radiation. And I might get 50ish dental X-rays in my life (just sizing in big round numbers for a sense of scale).
A good reason to get a decent education, even if that means paying attention and doing the work in K-12, and maybe doing some additional reading / thinking, if college is financially impractical, is so simple thinking like the above is possible, to evaluate simple data in perspective.
https://www.dentistryforchildren.com/x- ... -colorado/I did a quick internet search to verify and check my memory. Note that the first hit I found was an explanation suited for CHILDREN.
The state of adults in the US, re irrational fears, even when the science / statistics is objectively pointed out, doesn't say much for the supposedly "superior" Americans, re rationality.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.