CT scans could be a contributor to cancer, study finds:
CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study.
According to the study by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, CT scans could account for 5% of cancer cases in the U.S., more than tripling previous estimates.
Since 2007, the number of CT scans performed in the U.S. has increased by 30%. The research also indicates that CT scans are being overused for instances of upper respiratory infections and common headaches.
Not depicted: Scanners that have become ubiquitous at the exits of major retailers. Old timey ones waited for an RFID to pass through them without deactivation (no (they have been around for, what, forty years now?) but are becoming even more elaborate as they scan items in your cart to make sure you paid for them.
Not as heavy of a dose of radiation as a CT scan, but you don’t get a CT scan several times a week.
Boy, oh boy, we are all guinea pigs, all the time. Presumably because they can no longer test with actual guinea pigs.
