Riding along the road on your bicycle, you make a sharp right turn, hit some gra

Riding along the road on your bicycle, you make a sharp right turn, hit some gravel, and tumble to the ground striking your shoulder. You are in a lot of pain. Worrying that you might have broken your shoulder blade or a rib, you walk your bike to the nearby hospital for emergency care.Just two X-rays are taken, and the time of exposure was quite limited. According the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, your radiation exposure for the X-rays was

A: minimal, but does pose a slight health risk.
B: below any level to cause harm
C: a different type of radiation that does not cause biological damage.
D: harmless, because medical radiation is not the same dangerous energy as radiation from nuclear energy.
 

Post Merge: 7 years ago

Answer is A