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sickness
About this tag
The tag 'sickness' on WindowsForum.com covers a discussion about radiation sickness, including symptoms and dangerous exposure levels. The thread explains how radiation is measured in sieverts and millisieverts, and provides facts about the amount of radiation from common medical tests like CT scans and mammograms. It also details the exposure thresholds that increase cancer risk or cause fatal cancers. This content is relevant for users seeking information on radiation health effects, though it is not directly related to Windows or computing topics.
How much radiation is dangerous?
Radiation is measured using the unit sievert, which quantifies the amount of radiation absorbed by human tissues. One sievert is 1,000 millisieverts (mSv).
In the U.S., the average person is exposed to about 6.2 millisieverts a year, mostly from background...