Dental/medical x-rays: As an old radiation related worker, decades ago, I’ve always told my dentists, etc. that I want to minimize radiation exposure so limit x-rays to something actually necessary. And I’ve heard the techs claim many times that “well, you know the new machines have really low exposure.” A giant pet peeve for me is that no med person EVER, has been able to tell me what that exposure might be.
Industrial radiation workers get a permanent record of their lifetime exposure and they can get it if a question comes up. But not knowing what x-ray exposure might be from any particular machine is prit neer criminal.
Remember the fluoroscope foot machines in shoe stores? While looking at your feet every year or two might not hurt you , the folks who worked in the shoe stores were getting constant, un-regulated or accounted exposure. The machines went out of fashion without knowing how many Al Bundys got brain cancer?
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“Industrial radiation workers get a permanent record of their lifetime exposure and they can get it if a question comes up. But not knowing what x-ray exposure might be from any particular machine is prit neer criminal.”
Agreed.