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nuclear particles are about as invasive as it gets, wandering right through our cell walls;  a very intimate form of turf violation
Sometimes it's good that radiation wanders right through our cell walls, especially if you have cancer.

PET scanning is non-invasive, but it does involve exposure to ionizing radiation. The total dose of radiation is small, however, usually around 7 mSv. This can be compared to 2.2 mSv average annual background radiation in the UK, 0.02 mSv for a chest X-Ray, up to 8 mSv for a CT scan of the chest, 2-6 mSv per annum for aircrew, and 7.8 mSv per annum background exposure in Cornwall (Data from UK National Radiological Protection Board). (wiki)


guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 24th, 2006 at 07:21:54 PM EST
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apples and oranges, migeru -- I mean, it's a good thing that a modern hypodermic is nice and sharp and can deliver dental anaesthetic to my tooth roots with minimal gum damage, but that doesn't mean I would be happy about random jabs from sharps wielded by strangers or left lying about :-)  the turf-violation aspect obviously applies to involuntary exposure, not formalised and voluntary medical procedures...  more on (in)voluntary risk and perception later...

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Wed May 24th, 2006 at 09:22:34 PM EST
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I'm just being provocative, but as for risk perception... Isn't it interesting that Nuclear Magnetic Resonance has been renamed Magnetic Resonance Imaging so as not to scare people, even though NMR has nothing to do with nuclear radiation and, say, PET does?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 25th, 2006 at 02:51:30 AM EST
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