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In article <01bc4520$93085c80$55a045cf@deanmachine> "Carl Dean" <cdean99@mindspring.com> writes:
>
>The quality of the air that we breath and the water/food that we eat
>concerns me far more than radiation which if handled responsibly - I will
>never be exposed to.  Chemical contaminants are basically everywhere and is
>most likely the culprit of the cancer epidemic that we are currently
>experiencing.
>
>Carl


	Although I agree with the priority of your concerns keep in mind
	that you are being exposed to radiation every second of the 
	day. Perhaps you meant man-made sources, but even then there
	is a small contribution from medical x-rays, weapons fallout,
	and other minor sources that pale in comparison to the natural 
	sources over which one has little control.  The potassium and 
	other natural radioisotopes in your body deliver in the neighborhood
	of 30 mrem to you every year.  If you sleep in the same bed with
	a second individual those same natural sources in you give the 
	other person 1-2 mrem per year also.

	Mike


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