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Re:First ever color X-ray on a human by klipt on Thursday July 12, 2018 @05:37PM (#17518837)
I think regular CT already causes cancer in ~1/2000 uses. So 10x that dose would probably cause cancer in ~1/200 uses? That's pretty scary.
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Re:First ever color X-ray on a human by smt88 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:54PM (#17519570)
That's assuming dosage has a linear relationship with instances of cancer. Scary regardless, though.
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