Calculate Your Radiation Dose Feature Summary

Type:
Physics at Home
Title:
Calculate Your Radiation Dose
Description:
Visit Calculate Your Radiation Dose to calculate your annual radiation dose, and see this EPA page on health effects to learn about normal doses of radiation. To find out more about natural sources of radiation, visit Sources of Radiation Natural Background Sources by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (and don't miss the two links at the bottom). Also, food, especially the banana, is slightly radioactive, as described in this short Discover Magazine piece.
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May 12, 2011 - May 25, 2011