http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/the-radioactive-diet/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/the-radioactive-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-110458 Miranda Vink Tue, 15 May 2007 06:40:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/12/the-radioactive-diet/#comment-110458 This is not as crazy as it sounds. There was a recent BBC documentary about Chernobyl. They found that the contamination risk in areas further from the "epicenter" was not as high as previously believed. The nature around Chernobyl was pretty much normal. The radiation levels were still too high but it wasn't as harmful as expected. No mutations, no altered genes. They offered even the hypothesis that small doses of radiation could even be advantageous to your health since the percentage of cancer deaths was lower in areas with high natural radiance levels. This was true for the US as well. This is not as crazy as it sounds. There was a recent BBC documentary about Chernobyl. They found that the contamination risk in areas further from the “epicenter” was not as high as previously believed. The nature around Chernobyl was pretty much normal. The radiation levels were still too high but it wasn’t as harmful as expected. No mutations, no altered genes. They offered even the hypothesis that small doses of radiation could even be advantageous to your health since the percentage of cancer deaths was lower in areas with high natural radiance levels. This was true for the US as well.

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