Having developed the detector technology, the pair are now focused on building prototype detectors for
the various types of radiation relevant to particular disciplines, including X-rays and beta particles.
Radiation generated in this way is called synchrotron
radiation and is associated with
various types of violent cosmic phenomena besides supernova remnants, as, for example, radio galaxies.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the typical absorbed dose
of mercury from amalgams is one to twenty - two micrograms per day, with most values in the range
of one to five micrograms per day.16
Various factors, including gum chewing and bruxism, can increase these exposures to an upper range
of about one hundred micrograms per day.7 Preliminary evidence also suggests that certain
types of electromagnetic
radiation, including EMR from mobile phones and from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may increase the release
of mercury vapor from dental amalgams.17