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Today, up to 60% of cancer patients receive radiotherapy as a part of their treatment regimens[1] and yet most are never fully aware of the risks involved with exposure to ionizing radiation.
Mark Sloan • The Cancer Industry
Low-Dose Radiation:
Even low-dose radiation can affect hearing, but the impact is generally less severe compared to high doses. Studies show that individuals exposed to low-dose radiation may experience subtle changes in hearing thresholds, particularly at high frequencies (e.g., 4-16 kHz) due to vascular or cochlear changes[1].
Middle ear function
When the activity is made safer, they behave more recklessly, at least partly nullifying the safety gains.
Michael W. Preis • 101 Things I Learned® in Business School (Second Edition)
In his desire to wrest sole control of risk policy from experts, Slovic has challenged the foundation of their expertise: the idea that risk is objective.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Non-Ergodic : When group probabilities don’t apply to singular events. If 100 people play Russian Roulette once, the odds of dying might be, say, 10%. But if one person plays Russian Roulette 100 times, the odds are dying are practically 100%.
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
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