Great radiation dose chart

[hack89]

this is a great presentation that does a great job of letting one make sense of what you hear about the Japanese nuclear disaster.




http://xkcd.com/radiation/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. That takes a bit to study ( and magnify) but very illuminating.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Excellent!

[thereismore]

3. Look at that mammogram. Quite a lot more than a chest X-ray. nt

[Dappleganger]

4. According to that chart I should be a glowing beacon in the sky.

2-time breast cancer and thyroid cancer survivor, here. ;)

[flamingdem]

5. Not that useful and full of vague information

Like the fact that a banana has potassium vs. receiving cesium or iodine.

Pretty silly.

[Chris_Texas]

6. I disagree

I believe the polint was to educate. There are MANY people, including here at DU, who hear the word radiation and panic. How many people, for example, actually believe that 3 mile island released dangerous amounts of radiation? The answer, sadly, is that a huge number of people do believe this, because that's the way the media reported it.