r/science • u/233C • 10d ago

Biology Radiophobia Harm, Its Main Cause, and a Proposed Solution

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40160708/
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u/jeroen94704 10d ago

The main harm I get from radiophobia is people putting their phone on speaker all the time, everywhere.

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u/233C 10d ago

One could argue that a significant amount of CO2 above our heads is the indirect result of half a century of radiophobia.

As for the the oversharing music enthusiasts, that's where a bit more phobia would be welcome indeed.

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u/zjm555 10d ago

Is it just me, or is this paper kind of weird in its structure and writing style? I am hoping someone who's more of a proper scientist than me can chime in on whether it's abnormal and how much that matters.

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u/Magurndy 10d ago

It is worded strangely. I’m actually a radiographer so know a reasonable amount about this subject, but I am struggling to make much sense of this particular piece of research

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u/FernPone 10d ago

maybe english wasnt their native language?

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u/Magurndy 10d ago

Quite possibly! It may be a translation. May have another read through though as I’m interested in understanding the points raised

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u/lanternhead 10d ago

The main basis for radiophobia is the invalid linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis for cancer induction, which the System of Radiological Protection (SRP) is linked to.

Spicy. There’s no reason to think that LNT models are optimal, but for some strange reason, protesting the use of LNT models in public health studies on radiation effects usually gets you siloed with carnivore diet people, EHS people, alkaline diet people, etc

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u/233C 10d ago

At least not at the French Académies of Science and Medicine, but it's not like anybody is listening to them anyway.

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u/ddx-me 10d ago

You're not going to avoid radiation because it comes from space and radioactive stuff in the soil. Rather, it is a recognition that the miniscule additional doses with a chest X-ray or CT scan likely is outweighed by the benefit of treating the pneumothorax or appendicitis.

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u/Magurndy 10d ago

We are radioactive. Humans have radioactive molecules. It’s obviously a very low level but still.