How much radioactivity is absorbed by humans every day?

People are often concerned about radiation exposure that may affect their health. It is true that exposure to very large amounts of radiation can cause serious damage to the human body. However, one thing little is known is that most of the radiation we absorb is in small doses, from unexpected sources of infection.

The simulation video below will reveal the amount of radiation we are exposed to in our daily lives:

If we live within 80.5 km of a nuclear power plant , we have a risk of exposure to 0.09 microsievert of radiation per year.

Every time we go through an airport security scanner , we expose 0.1 microsievert to radiation. This amount of radiation exposure is equivalent when we eat a banana.

Dental x-rays make patients exposed to 5 microsievert radiation. This level of exposure is much smaller if they travel by plane, such as a flight from New York to Los Angeles (USA) that creates a risk of 40 microsievert of radiation for each passenger.

According to experts, the annual emission limit for nuclear plants is 250 microsievert.

Meanwhile, the patient will expose 2,000 microsievert to radiation during a skull scan.

Most radiation we absorb is in small doses, from unexpected sources of infection.

The average amount of radiation we absorb annually from natural sources is about 3,100 microsievert. However, anyone smoked 1.5 packs of cigarettes / day of exposure to 13,000 microsievert.

The US stipulates that the maximum exposure for those who do radiation-related work is 50,000 microseconds per year.

400,000 microsievert is the dose of radiation that starts causing symptoms in humans if absorbed in a short time.

1,000,000 microsievert absorbed in a short time will cause nausea and vomiting in people.

The dose of radiation is lethal if absorbed in a short time of 4,000,000 microsievert or more.