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A Handy Radiation Dose Chart From XKCD

Posted by timothy on from the is-there-anything-xkcd-can't-do? dept.

An anonymous reader points out Randall Munroe's latest contribution to public health awareness, a "chart of how much ionizing radiation a person can absorb from various sources, compared visually. 1 Sievert will make you sick, many more will kill you, however, even small doses cumulatively increase cancer risk." It's a good way to think about the difference between Chernobyl and Fukushima.

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  1. Research by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what you are saying is that XKCD did more research and analysis for a web-comic than the 24 hour news networks do for a story?