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Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, which can lead to 36,000 cases of cancer a year. “In the ninety million CT scans performed annually in the U.S ...