Potential $1.5B effort kicks off to study low-dose radiation risks

[Marlin]

Potential $1.5B effort kicks off to study low-dose radiation risks

https://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/medical-imaging/computed-tomography-ct/potential-15b-effort-kicks-study-low-dose-radiation

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"Although cancer has been linked to low-dose radiation exposure for decades, there is increasing evidence that it may also be associated with cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, immune dysfunction and cataracts," the organization's newsroom notes in the announcement.
Concerns about the health effects of low doses of radiation raise questions as to whether the public and workers are adequately protected from exposures from medical diagnostics procedures such as CT scans, legacy exposures from nuclear weapons production and nuclear waste management, and new sources of exposure such as rare earth element and lithium mining, among others."

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