Answer 1:
It is true that living organisms have traces of the slightly radioactive carbon-14 or potassium-40. The earth itself emits a little radon. There is a constant level of background radiation, but it's so low that our bodies are adapted to handle it (i.e. cancer-causing genetic mutations are largely corrected by cellular mechanisms evolved to prevent cancer). This background radiation does not really pose any sizeable cancer risk. Click Here to return to the search form.
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