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Oh, it’s just an x-ray, don’t worry about it.

Have you ever heard that before?

I worry a lot about x-rays.

I don’t have dental x-rays done at all.

And I can’t remember the last x-ray I had — except once for a fracture.

Now there is new data that shows the danger of even low-level x-ray wave radiation.

Let’s start with an older study.

It was done on x-ray exposure in the womb with twins.

Twins were selected for the study because researchers thought that they would allow for more consistent results.

Having two babies in the womb exposed x-rays would even out the results.

Also, mothers of twins were more likely to have been x-rayed during pregnancy.

Birthweight of the x-ray group was FAR lower than the group that had no x-rays.

38 per cent of the x-ray twins as compared with 25 per cent of the no-x-ray group weighed under 2.27 kg at birth.

I’m sure the mothers were told, “don’t worry about it, is just a little x-ray, it won’t hurt anything.”

But that is not actually the case.

Twins in whom leukemia or other childhood cancer developed were twice as likely to have been exposed to x-rays in utero as twins who were free of disease.

But it’s difficult to do studies about low levels of gamma or x-ray radiation on humans.

Especially today, with a greater awareness of the dangers of x-ray radiation.

So there is finally a landmark study done on mice.

The mice were exposed to low levels of x-ray gamma radiation, for prolonged periods.

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But they kept the dose levels about normal compared to what you or I would be exposed to in an x-ray.

So the levels are not exceptionally high.

The researchers first noted that these studies were difficult to do.

It was difficult to find or build a facility that could expose animals to very low levels of radiation.

But they finally did that.

And what they found was extremely shocking.

Even very low levels of radiation (like a standard x-ray) caused extensive DNA damage.

Another issue with low levels of radiation is that lower levels more likely to be absorbed instead of passing through the body

The absorbed radiation can cause genetic and other damage, including huge amounts of free radicals.

In fact, the lowest levels were more damaging to the DNA than the higher levels.

This may put the lie about today’s x-ray machines being safer because they use much lower amounts of radiation than the older ones.

And the problem is complicated even more by our body’s reaction to it.

For some reason, the low radiation causes DNA damage, but it does not trigger the repair mechanisms our body has.

These repair mechanisms are triggered by damage from higher radiation.

But for some reason, lower radiation levels do not trigger the body’s repairing ability.

The result was damaged genes, damaged DNA.

And the damaged genes were to proliferate and mutate because they were left unrepaired.

This study demonstrates that chronic low dose x-ray and gamma ray radiation is genotoxic in an exposure scenario realistic for humans, supporting the hypothesis that even low dose radiation may induce cancer.

It’s very difficult to conduct these studies.

There is so much prejudice against these kinds of studies, so it’s hard to find funding.

The history of medical radiation is very shocking because it consists of massive coverups.

The coverups started with the radiation from atmospheric hydrogen bomb tests that were done in the 1960s.

The fallout was horrible, but everyone was told not to worry about it.

But we should’ve worried.

It has caused a lot of death and a lot of damaged people.

How should you use this information?

Medical doses of radiation are being shown to produce damage as well.

I would not suggest getting x-rays or CAT scans unless there is a very very strong reason to get it done.

The radiation that you get from these is anything but routine or acceptable.

Also, this study revealed that there are benefits to getting a little extra selenium in your diet.

A diet with sufficient selenium offers some protection against radiation.

Good ways to get these selenium benefits include seafood, especially oysters, beef and lamb.

Brazil nuts contain remarkable amounts of selenium — but they are high in PUFAs, so I don’t recommend them anymore.

Selenium can be highly protective against radiation.

You should make sure you get enough selenium in your diet.

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