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> Which is ironic, because, while most people use the "Linear no-threshold" model for radiation, we know that small amounts of radiation are actually beneficial.

How could ionizing radiation be beneficial? Unless the argument is exposure to ultraviolet in order to get Vitamin D, I can’t imagine ionizing radiation to be beneficial in any way.

Edit:

> The good includes abundant evidence showing increased 1) physiologic performance, 2) immune competence, 3) health, and 4) mean lifespan.

From the article in the comment below. Apparently in very low doses it stimulates the immune system and healthy cell reconstruction.




> How could ionizing radiation be beneficial?

I'm not going to pretend that I understand the reasons. But there have been a lot of studies.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477686/


I think before the atomic bomb radioactivity was widely considered as healthy.

(maybe it was not as crazy as I thought)

This is wild stuff:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180306-a-spa-where-pati...


Just because something does not work in theory does not mean that it does not work in practice.




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