Friday, November 12, 2010

Friday's Food For Thought: Do CAT Scans Cause Cancer?

Did you know that scientists writing for the Archives of Internal Medicine estimate that excessive radiation from CT scans kills 14,500 people and may cause 29,000 new cancers each year?

And did you know that one CT scan exposes you to as much radiation as 400 chest x-rays?

Check out this great article from Garden of Life, talking more about the dangers of excessive CT scan radiation.

Here's the original article!

http://www.extraordinaryhealth.com/ExtraordinaryHealthNewsletterOctober282010/tabid/2007/Default.aspx?ContentPubID=653

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