Stop worrying - radiation is good for you
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Dr Bob Bury (Consultant Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital) discusses society's fears about radiation exposure and puts to bed some of the myths that are currently circulating on the subject matter.
This lecture was filmed at an event called: 'Stop worrying: Radiation is good for you'.
RSM Event Description:
"People worry about radiation. Our attitudes are coloured by fifty years of cold war threats of mutually assured nuclear destruction and by our natural dread concerning any silent, unseen killer. We worry even more - and sometimes get quite angry - when we are subjected to radiation by other people.
X-rays and gamma rays used in medical diagnosis comprise the main source of man-made radiation exposure in developed countries, and the amount increases every year - far exceeding the dose from nuclear reprocessing plants, about which there is (relatively) so much fuss. Radiation protection, and the optimisation of dose, is therefore an important part of the radiologist's job.
This talk will attempt to provide what is lacking in many discussions of radiation - a sense of perspective. It will review changes in attitude to radiation over the years following the discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895, changes partly driven by the high-profile death of a millionaire playboy. After looking at the ways in which radiation professionals, and society, deal with protection issues in the 21st century, it will (hopefully) answer the question posed in the title of the talk. It will end with a surprising and uncomfortable suggestion...."
For more information on this event, click here.
Date of Lecture: 8th November 2010
Length: 00:46:54
Historical Perspective
Length: 13:78
The Public's Perception of Radiation
Length: 06:37
What About the Patients?
Length: 20:65
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