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Re:Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you by office_drone on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:08PM (#41301831)
This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of the inhabitants would die of cancer, and that didn't really happen.

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious...

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Re:Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for you by lxgr on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:16PM (#41301914)
The general concept is called Hormesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis

It's one reason why the "linear no-threshold" model for biological effects of radiation is probably not accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model

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