Overweight Get More Radiation and Doctors Admit Ignorance to Damage Caused

Overweight Get More Radiation and Doctors Admit Ignorance to Damage Caused

NaturalNews.com July 08, 2009 by: Jane Jones “………………….Recently, it was uncovered that obese patients are receiving up to 4000 percent more exposure to radiation with each X-ray – and in the ambitious medical world, the number of X-rays people receive is also increasing. The increase of radiation exposure appears to be done on the basis of logic: more radiation is needed to get an accurate exposure due to the excess fat getting in the way.

While more radiation might actually help get a usable x-ray, the question of what damage it’s causing the patient is one an MIT doctor admits hasn’t even been looked at. The question of it being an acceptable risk has also been neglected.

We know that radiation is dangerous. We know that radiation even from X-rays is dangerous…………

……………..Resources:
Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/2009063…

Radiation Damage
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/…

http://www.naturalnews.com/026570_doctors_overweight_X-rays.html

July 9, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, environment | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive, uranium