On a sunny day (Wed, 19 Dec 2018 12:02:17 -0800 (PST)) it happened dlzc
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Dear Jan Panteltje:

On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 12:56:51 PM UTC-7, Jan Panteltje wrote:
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The body has repair mechanisms for damaged DNA.
The survivors of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, F*ckupshima, exist.
Some may have grown pointed ears, but most did not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis
... near a certain dose, and a certain amount of "statistical health" shows up. As if the "once in a life time" shock kicked
the immune system into high gear.

David A. Smith

Nice link,
I have been working in a radiation environment, and also am measuring radiation.
Designed and build several GM counters, gamma spectrometer
and now have been running a tritium decay experiment for several years.
Monitor and log radiation here 24/7.
Did some DNA sequencing equipment related work.
Am in electronics.
We had some Chernobyl fallout here too, you were not supposed to eat vegetables from your garden,
where I worked the air conditioning filters were hot and had to be replaced.
First time (was at a big accelerator project) I got faced with radiation counters and test sources I freaked out completely,.
quit the same day.
Serendipity had me working there again years later.
Years after I left I did read in the paper the whole place got contaminated,
Those guys were a bit careless in a way I suppose, same thing that freaked me out that first day.
Now that is so many years ago, way before Chernobyl, and here I am.
I am retired now, should have been dead long ago... ???
gamma spectrometer:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/sc_pic/
an other one with a Russian PMT:
http://panteltje.com/pub/gamma_soect...r_IMG_4505.JPG
simple GM counter with military tube:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/gm_pic/
GPS radiation logger, use foe prospecting, saves track and radiation levels:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/gm_pic2/
tritium decay experiment:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/tri_pic/

Website needs updating, mostly old projects.
Was just doing some statistics on the radiation measurement from this year yesterday.
Fun :-)