Boomers also had to deal with constant nuclear fallout until the test ban treaty. Millennials have way less radioactive ions in their bodies (still present though) although our phones probably aren't helping.
Most of the ionizing radiation people are exposed to is Radon gas and cosmic radiation, both of which are pretty much everywhere so it probably hasn't made that much of a difference. Also cell phones don't produce any ionizing radiation, so unless the components are contaminated it's fine.
I probably fucked up, I shouldn't have said ionizing radiation. I meant radioactive isotopes or whatever they're called, like that Strontium shit that's in everyones bones.
The terms are more or less interchangeable in this case; radioactive isotopes produce ionizing radiation (in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays) so they're the same in terms of outcome. Anyway, the radiation received from stuff that's naturally occuring in the human body is almost negligible. You get way more from eating stuff containing radioactive isotopes, like bananas or red meat (both of which contain potassium), and about 3x that in radon gas inhalation (which varies depending on various geological factors).
Nuclear detonations have had an effect on the composition of the atmosphere, but it is very small, and this radiation is basically only relevant when building extremely sensitive radiation detectors.
Boomers also had to deal with constant nuclear fallout until the test ban treaty. Millennials have way less radioactive ions in their bodies (still present though) although our phones probably aren't helping.
phones arent radioactive
Most of the ionizing radiation people are exposed to is Radon gas and cosmic radiation, both of which are pretty much everywhere so it probably hasn't made that much of a difference. Also cell phones don't produce any ionizing radiation, so unless the components are contaminated it's fine.
I probably fucked up, I shouldn't have said ionizing radiation. I meant radioactive isotopes or whatever they're called, like that Strontium shit that's in everyones bones.
The terms are more or less interchangeable in this case; radioactive isotopes produce ionizing radiation (in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays) so they're the same in terms of outcome. Anyway, the radiation received from stuff that's naturally occuring in the human body is almost negligible. You get way more from eating stuff containing radioactive isotopes, like bananas or red meat (both of which contain potassium), and about 3x that in radon gas inhalation (which varies depending on various geological factors).
Nuclear detonations have had an effect on the composition of the atmosphere, but it is very small, and this radiation is basically only relevant when building extremely sensitive radiation detectors.
Yeah my country had an open pit uranium mine in one town :-\