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This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of th
by office_drone 2y ago
This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of the inhabitants would die of cancer, and that didn't really happen.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious-case-of-radioactive-apartments/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious...
- lxgr 2y agoThe general concept is called Hormesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis It's one reason why the "linear no-threshold" model for biological effects of radiation is probably not accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model