PH-322
Hazards of electromagnetic waves
Physics · Secondary 3 · Medium · Hazards of electromagnetic waves
A patient needs several X-ray scans in one year to monitor a bone injury. What is the main long-term biological risk of this repeated exposure?
- Increased risk of developing cancer later in life
- Immediate damage to the heart during the scan
- Permanent loss of all feeling in the body
- Becoming radioactive and emitting X-rays
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