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The highest receiver of radiation dose in the world is your average joe smoker. --- (uSv = microSievert) Unit for radiation dose 2 000 uSv - 1 year natural background dose (1 year equivalent) 7 000 uSv - 1 CT Scan session (3 year equivalent of annual natural dose) 10 000 uSv - Fukushima lifetime additional dose (5 years equivalent) 50 000 uSv - Annual limit for US Radiation worker (25 years equivalent) 80 000 uSv - Astronauts exposure for 6 months in space (40 years equivalent) 160 000 uSv - Annual dose of average smoker lung (80 years equivalent) Smokers lung will receive 80 years equivalent of radiation in a year compared to average people for a year due to Polonium-210 and Lead-210
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 04:06:32 +0000

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