works best with turbo mode on (shift + flag) (this project is not radioactive as confirmed with my Radiacode 102)
Everyday & Low-Level Radiation (No Risk) • 0.1 µSv (1 Banana equivalent dose or 1 BED): Eating one banana. Bananas naturally contain a tiny amount of radioactive Potassium-40. • 1 µSv (10 BED): Passing through an airport security scanner. • 5 µSv (50 BED): A standard dental X-ray. • 40 µSv (400 BED): A commercial flight from New York to Los Angeles (due to elevation exposing you to atmospheric cosmic rays). • 100 µSv / 0.1 mSv (1,000 BED): A standard diagnostic chest X-ray. Regulatory Limits & Environmental Baselines • 1,000 µSv / 1 mSv (10,000 BED): The maximum recommended annual public radiation limit from artificial sources (excluding medical procedures and natural background sources). • 3,000 µSv / 3 mSv (30,000 BED): Average annual natural background radiation absorbed by a person living in the United States. • 10,000 µSv / 10 mSv (100,000 BED): A full medical abdominal or chest CT scan. • 50,000 µSv / 50 mSv (500,000 BED): The maximum legal annual occupational safety limit for radiation workers in the United States. Severe, Medical, & Acute Thresholds • 100,000 µSv / 100 mSv (1,000,000 BED): The lowest annual dose clearly linked to an increased long-term cancer risk. • 400,000 µSv / 400 mSv (4,000,000 BED): Max dose recorded by emergency responders at the Fukushima plant. • 1,000,000 µSv / 1,000 mSv or 1 Sv (10,000,000 BED): Onset of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS). If received quickly, it causes temporary radiation sickness symptoms like nausea and a temporary drop in white blood cell counts. Lethal Radiation Doses • 2,000,000 µSv / 2,000 mSv or 2 Sv (20,000,000 BED): Severe radiation sickness. Causes immediate nausea, hair loss, and severe bone marrow damage. This dose can be fatal within a few weeks without rigorous medical treatment. • 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 µSv / 4 to 5 Sv (40,000,000 to 50,000,000 BED): The LD50/30 threshold. An acute dose that is lethal to 50% of people within 30 days if left completely untreated. Death is typically driven by complete bone marrow failure leading to massive infections. • 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 µSv / 8 to 10 Sv (80,000,000 to 100,000,000 BED): The LD100 threshold. An acute dose at this tier is uniformly fatal. Severe gastrointestinal lining destruction causes unmanageable fluid loss, internal bleeding, and infection. Death occurs within 1 to 2 weeks. • 50,000,000 µSv / 50 Sv (500,000,000 BED): Immediate damage to the central nervous and cardiovascular systems. An exposure of this level causes immediate confusion, seizures, coma, and death within hours to 2 days. This is equivalent to standing directly next to the exposed Chernobyl reactor core immediately after the explosion. (Note: It is biologically impossible to experience radiation sickness from eating bananas. Your body naturally regulates and excretes excess potassium, meaning the radioactive isotopes never build up to toxic levels, and it would have to eat 20 million bananas to receive a lethal dose.)
