A process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space.
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Is it okay to eat food that has been through airport x-ray scanners
I took 4 flights last week, and my chocolate was scanned 4 times in the baggage scanner. Is it safe to eat that?
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Radiation dangers with GPS/navigation cellphone apps [closed]
From Wikipedia:
Some national radiation advisory authorities... have recommended measures to minimize exposure to their citizens... Do not use telephone in a car without an external antenna
I'd ...
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Does Japan export food that is unsafe to eat in Japan?
This claim states that some of the foodstuff that leaves Japan is deemed unsafe there because of the radioactivity levels, and is exported to places with more lax restrictions, like the United States.
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Can CT scans performed on a child's head lower his or her intelligence?
The Daily Mail reports that X-rays and CT scans performed on a child's head could lower their IQ:
The study is the first to suggest that medical X-rays to the head could harm the development of ...
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Does alcohol consumption have an effect on radiation poisoning?
I've just watched the Vice video Hunting the Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl where they claim that drinking alcohol would prevent (or at least reduce) radiation poisoning effects.
However, I've been ...
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Have people died of cancer from the Fukushima daiichi nuclear accident?
A Japanese person wrote in her diary today that her English tutor told her that a lot of people in Japan have got cancer due to the Fukushima daiichi nuclear accident, and were already dead last year ...
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Do coal plants release more radiation than nuclear power plants?
As a response to the desaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant I've heard the claim that fossil-fuel power plants using coal release more radiation than a nuclear power plant. I searched for some ...
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Does a cell phone emit 1000 times more radiation when its battery is low?
Found this gem on G+:
The rest seems all extremely circumstantial except the very last item. The 'radiation' they're talking about, I'm assuming, is electromagnetic radiation - which would be ...
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Could Fukushima daiichi cause the health problems suffered by the USS Ronald Reagan crew?
I came across the Huffington post article Fukushima And The Navy: Sailors Sue Japan Nuclear Plant Owner, Saying Disaster Made Them Sick. It's talking about a lawsuit against the operators of Fukushima ...
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Does radon gas significantly increase one's chances of getting lung cancer?
When I was buying a house, one of the environmental checks that had to be done was the level of radon buildup in the building. It turns out the house that I bought has just below the recommended safe ...
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Is x% noise on TV due to Big Bang's background radiation?
I've heard quite a few times that a certain percentage (usually claimed 1%) of the noise you see on TV comes from the background radiation of the Big Bang. Is this a myth?
If not, I seems like a ...
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Are train passengers exposed to dangerous levels of cell phone electromagnetic radiation?
This article warns of cell phone radiation on trains:
Train passengers exposed to cell phone electromagnetic radiation (Better Nutrition)
Passengers on packed trains and subways may be exposing ...
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Do depleted uranium shells cause birth defects?
I've seen a few articles on depleted uranium rounds possibly causing birth defects in the last few years, but most of the articles have a 'doubter'. From what I can tell, the numbers aren't ...
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Is non-ionizing radiation known to cause any health issues?
Non-ionizing radiation, like radiation from mobile phones, electric power transmission, and radio frequencies, etc. is regarded by the majority of people as safe to the human body. However the World ...
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Do organic cigarettes, such as American Spirit, contain less radioactive material than other brands?
Many cigarettes contain radioactive polonium from the use of phosphate/apatite fertilizers. The National Institutes of Health lists tobacco as by far the largest source of radiation for the American ...
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Did nuclear tests on the Marshall Islands cause increased cancer rates?
The Marshall Island have been the site for many nuclear tests by the United States. While it has a small population of around 69,000, they have benefitted by receiving around $759 million dollars in ...
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How dangerous are rare earth processing by-products?
A rare earth processing plant's waste could contain the element Thorium, which is radioactive.
I've pored through plenty of articles and Thorium by virtue of its long half-life has a very low amount ...
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Do cacti absorb harmful radiation emitted by computers?
It is a common belief that cacti absorb radiation; consequently, a lot of people put potted cacti by their computer as a safety means.
Do cacti actually absorb radiation? Even if so, will a small ...
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Does the radioactivity on Hiroshima's soil affect radiometric dating?
I heard several times from creationists that now, if scientists would examine the land in Hiroshima, it will tell them it is millions of years old all because of the atom bomb.
And because of that ...
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Can radiation from wireless phones and computers harm babies? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do mobile phones have anything to do with brain cancer?
There is some discussion about the harm of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from mobile phones and other ...
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Is Cesium-137 detectable in all wine bottled after the 1940's?
In the White Collar TV Episode Bottlenecked it was claimed that a test of all vintage wines bottled before the ABomb would not contain any Cesium-137 but wine bottled in the years since all contain ...
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Can the Bioguard X bracelet protect the body from radiation?
We have TV commercials in Israel right now of a new invention that is also planned, from what I read, to be marketed worldwide.
It is a bracelet that according to the company protects you from ...
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Is some level of radiation “good for you”?
"With the terrible earthquake and
resulting tsunami that have devastated
Japan, the only good news is that
anyone exposed to excess radiation
from the nuclear power plants is now
probably ...
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Is there a lower limit on radiation that's harmless to humans? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is some level of radiation “good for you”?
According to a Fox News article by Steven Milloy, called Trillion-Dollar Radiation Mistake,
A federal ...
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Is Japan's nuclear disaster “on par” with Chernobyl?
Many news organizations (e.g. CNN, Huffington Post, etc) are referring to the Japan incident as something as severe as Chernobyl, i.e. a nuclear event with International Atomic Energy Agency rating ...
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Was stable iodine distributed post-Fukushima by the Japanese government?
In Canadian Medical Association Journal: Japanese Response to Fukushima Even Worse than Communist Russian Response to Chernobyl … “The Japanese Government Was Lying Through Its Teeth”, there are a lot ...
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Are decorative magnets on refrigerator dangerous?
I got an email with a link to a Facebook page with information about some obscure Princeton University research on how decorative refrigerator magnets increase the risk of cancer due to consumption of ...
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Is potassium iodide useful in preventing the harmful effects of radiation?
The Los Angeles Times reports sales of Geiger counters and potassium iodide in the United States are skyrocketing:
Sales of Geiger counters and potassium iodide supplements that can block some ...
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Is Polycontrast Interference Photography (PIP) legit?
Polycontrast Interference Photography supposedly creates images of a body's "organizing template of energy" by detecting interference patterns in 'ordinary' photographs using special software filters. ...
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Do people exposed to high levels of radiation pose any risk to their children or other individuals?
An article from the Los Angeles Times regarding the concerns of individuals who live near the Fukushima I Nuclear Plant that appeared in my local newspaper this morning contained this interesting ...
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Have several hundreds of thousands of people died because of the Chernobyl disaster?
The Wikipedia article on this is littered with [citation needed] and a commenter on hacker news linked to it while stating:
Chernobyl cost several hundred thousand lives. Let's hope and pray ...
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Is radioactive decay the cause of the high temperature of the Earth's core?
I've seen in some sources that the Earth's inner temperature is because of nuclear decay, namely uranium and such.
I find it hard to believe since volcanoes aren't know for spewing long half-life ...
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Is there any real benefit in the everyday use of surgical masks to protect oneself from radiation?
A lot of pictures from Japan showing radiation testing with patients wearing surgical masks. The impression one gets is that they must think it is protecting them, in some way.
Is this a legitimate ...
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Are personal electronics a risk to commercial aviation?
Are personal electronics (of present or recent past; e.g. cell phones, mp3 players, iPads) a risk to commercial air travel? Is the typical request to "turn off all personal electronic devices" based ...
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Is it risky to use a cell-phone in a hospital?
Cell phones are forbidden in a lot of hospitals because they interfere with the medical instruments. I've found studies that prove both that it's dangerous and both that it's not:
No, it's not ...
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Do LCDs emit harmful radiation? [closed]
If I were to put my head 10cm from a LCD monitor for the rest of my life, would it increase my risk for anything? (By anything, I mean cancer, diseases, etc.)
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Does frequent cell phone use reduce the sperm count of men? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does the presence of a cellphone affect sperm count or heart rate?
Is cell phone use harmless or is there a chance that it lowers the sperm count of men?
New ...
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Were radio frequency radiation levels raised to accommodate mobile phones?
When I was at university (in Australia) a lecturer mentioned that the Australian standard for radio frequency radiation levels were deliberately raised to accommodate mobile phone technology. So that ...
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Can products that claim to to reduce electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones be substantiated?
There are some products, stickers that you put onto your mobile phone for example, that claim the following
Boost your natural defenses in the
presence of electromagnetic radiation
(EMR) ...
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Is background radiation a secondary concern over radioactive particles themselves?
I've heard that the level of "background radiation" is not the primary concern in a radioactive accident; instead the radioactive particles emitting the radiation, and the absorption thereof, are the ...
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Do airport backscatter machines increase the risk of diseases?
Would regular travelers who fly more than five or so times a year be at higher risk for cancer, or other diseases as a result of going through the backscatter xray? (assume every time for the ...
