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Originally Posted by borked
people at sea level are exposed to ~12mrems of background radiation per month. A single cross-country flight will expose you to ~5mrems of radiation. Make the flight back and you've pretty much exposed yourself to a months normal radiation dose in just a few hours.
Of course, you don't worry for pilots or flight stewards/stewardesses though  |
no, not really
but again, pilots or flight stewards/stewardesses aren't trying to tell me their nuclear reactor 'might be having a meltdown' and there isn't 'much to worry about'