Sentences with phrase «acceptable radiation risk»
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For instance, although science may conclude that a certain increased exposure to solar radiation may increase the risk of skin cancer by one new cancer in every hundred people, science can not say whether this additional risk is acceptable because science describes facts and can not generate prescriptive guidance by itself.
https://ethicsandclimate.org/
If all these many studies show that the risk from medical imaging with CT scans and similar high radiation technologies is real but acceptable, what are the chances that the risk from a few x-rays is massive and unacceptable and worthy of a rant - filled, conspiracy - filled book and web page?