Did you know that "safe" radiation levels are based on a statistical model: a white man age 20-30, weighing 170 pounds and standing 5 feet 7 inches tall? This model man represents every single person in the US when it comes to setting regulations for "safe" levels of radiation exposure.
How different to this model are you? Children and developing fetuses are particularly at risk from radiation exposure, but their needs are not considered in the creation of this "reference man".
Read more about this issue at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research website - http://www.ieer.org/campaign/index.html
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