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"We're discovering new kinds of dinosaur almost weekly now, you don't want to miss out on that, do you?"

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Nobody even asks you about your favorite dinosaur anymore, they don’t even care - Submitted by: fastman27

Radiation workers are allowed to be exposed to 5,000 millirems a year, which would be about 14 mrem a day if evenly divided. This is actually well under any amount that would actually be dangerous, but this rule is in place to protect them from the cumulative effects of radiation over a long period of time. If it’s a single dose over the course of one day, you can actually survive way more than that.

Studies show that 10,000 mrem - whether in a single quick dose or over a long period of time - is the point at which your body starts having problems, as that seems to be the threshold for increased risk of cancer. Severe radiation sickness and risk of death happen at around 300,000 mrem, though even that dose is potentially survivable if you receive medical treatment.

How easy is it to actually receive a dose that high? You’re constantly being exposed to radiation: the ground you walk on, the food you eat, the sun shining down on you, and even your own body are all a little bit radioactive. We call this “background radiation,” and depending on where you live in the world you’re getting anywhere from 200 to 700 mrem of it per year, or 0.5 to 1.9 mrem a day.