radiation workers

Is Lead Apron Required?

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Is Lead Apron Required? Lead aprons offer little protection during X-rays. That’s now an outdated practice: The American Association of Physicists in Medicine no longer supports shielding patients’ reproductive organs and fetuses during imaging studies that use radiation, such as X-rays and CT scans. How effective is a lead apron? 1) Lead aprons. Lead aprons

Do Nuclear Factry Workers Get Health Problems?

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Do Nuclear Factry Workers Get Health Problems? The researchers show that people who are consistently exposed to low doses of radiation — such as those who work in nuclear plants — have about a 10% higher risk of death due to all cancers except leukemia. The risk of death due to leukemia was found to