www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org How much is radiation a threat to pregnant women? The C Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a fact sheet out for women who are pregnant or planning to and their risk of radiation. The fact sheet seeks to help them understand the health effect to the mother and to the fetus. Exposure of a fetus to radiation has a technical term -- it is known as "prenatal radiation exposure". This occurs when the mother's abdomen is exposed to radiation from outside the body. However radiation can also happen if pregnant women swallow and breathe radioactive materials. The seriousness of the issue depends on the amount of radiation and the gestational age of the fetus. The Fetus is most at risk in its early envelopment: between 2 and 18 weeks. The CDC makes it clear that the health consequences for the fetus can be serious even when the radiation is too low to make the mother sick. These consequences are 1. Stunted growth 2. 2.Deforminties 3. 3.Abnormal brain function 4. Cancer (this can develop later in life). One of the most severe consequences of radiation exposure is that it can result in cancer later in one's life. Babies have been found to be especially sensitive to cancer causing effects of radiation. However it depends on the amount of radiation the baby was exposed to. If the radiation dose is the same as 500 chest x-rays -- the increase in cancer risk would be less than 2%.( above the normal lifetime cancer risk of 40 to 50%). www ...
Friday, February 15, 2013
Pregnancy And Radiation Exposure
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www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org How much is radiation a threat to pregnant women? The C Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a fact sheet out for women who are pregnant or planning to and their risk of radiation. The fact sheet seeks to help them understand the health effect to the mother and to the fetus. Exposure of a fetus to radiation has a technical term -- it is known as "prenatal radiation exposure". This occurs when the mother's abdomen is exposed to radiation from outside the body. However radiation can also happen if pregnant women swallow and breathe radioactive materials. The seriousness of the issue depends on the amount of radiation and the gestational age of the fetus. The Fetus is most at risk in its early envelopment: between 2 and 18 weeks. The CDC makes it clear that the health consequences for the fetus can be serious even when the radiation is too low to make the mother sick. These consequences are 1. Stunted growth 2. 2.Deforminties 3. 3.Abnormal brain function 4. Cancer (this can develop later in life). One of the most severe consequences of radiation exposure is that it can result in cancer later in one's life. Babies have been found to be especially sensitive to cancer causing effects of radiation. However it depends on the amount of radiation the baby was exposed to. If the radiation dose is the same as 500 chest x-rays -- the increase in cancer risk would be less than 2%.( above the normal lifetime cancer risk of 40 to 50%). www ...
www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org How much is radiation a threat to pregnant women? The C Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a fact sheet out for women who are pregnant or planning to and their risk of radiation. The fact sheet seeks to help them understand the health effect to the mother and to the fetus. Exposure of a fetus to radiation has a technical term -- it is known as "prenatal radiation exposure". This occurs when the mother's abdomen is exposed to radiation from outside the body. However radiation can also happen if pregnant women swallow and breathe radioactive materials. The seriousness of the issue depends on the amount of radiation and the gestational age of the fetus. The Fetus is most at risk in its early envelopment: between 2 and 18 weeks. The CDC makes it clear that the health consequences for the fetus can be serious even when the radiation is too low to make the mother sick. These consequences are 1. Stunted growth 2. 2.Deforminties 3. 3.Abnormal brain function 4. Cancer (this can develop later in life). One of the most severe consequences of radiation exposure is that it can result in cancer later in one's life. Babies have been found to be especially sensitive to cancer causing effects of radiation. However it depends on the amount of radiation the baby was exposed to. If the radiation dose is the same as 500 chest x-rays -- the increase in cancer risk would be less than 2%.( above the normal lifetime cancer risk of 40 to 50%). www ...
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