Is it possible that looming just beyond the horizon is a future epidemic of radiation-induced cancers? Is it possible that it will be traced back to the rise of computed tomography and it’s growing universality as the investigation of choice for just about any medical condition you can think of?
Order your CTs wisely.
Many of the issues regarding the safety of CTs are explored in a recent must-read perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Find it fulltext and free here. You might also want to use this handy online radiation risk calculator (hat tip to @PeterPietch) and explore this great blog review from Peter McCartney.
About Chris Nickson
One more example of the people insisting, You can’t be too safe, creating risks through their ignorance.
When they claim, You can’t be too safe, I substitute what they really mean -- You can’t be too ignorant.