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im3w1l
10 months ago
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What's in that bright red fire retardant? No one w...
I could totally believe that it would be good for our health if we could somehow eliminate the radiation background (but it's clearly not feasible).
cyberax
10 months ago
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There are areas on Earth where the natural background radiation is literally dozens of times higher than normal. People there don't have elevated cancer risk or shorter life spans.
Radon does cause elevated lung cancer risk, though.
lazide
10 months ago
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Radon does, also, oddly have a therapeutic effective with treating arthritis [
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14673618/
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