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		office_drone on Aug 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exposure to the Sun's UV radiation may be good for... This reminds me of the story of the Taiwanese radioactive homes, where 2000 homes were built with radioactive materials. There was a prediction that a lot of the inhabitants would die of cancer, and that didn't really happen. https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/12/the-curious...

lxgr on Aug 20, 2024 [–]

The general concept is called Hormesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis

It's one reason why the "linear no-threshold" model for biological effects of radiation is probably not accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model

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