• Question: What would be the consequences of being unprotected while using the powerful x-rays?

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      Asked by to Ben on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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        Ben Butler answered on 19 Jun 2014:

        Nice question flyn07!

        X-rays are pretty dangerous. There’s a limit to the number of hospital X-rays people should have each year because if you have too many they can become harmful.

        The X-rays I use are 10,000 times more powerful than hospital X-rays, so they are SERIOUSLY dangerous! If you were to come into contact with these X-rays they would make you vomit pretty much straight away, you would then get a headache and fever after a couple of hours, and the longer term effects would be hair loss, dizziness and fatigue… not very nice at all!

        Thankfully there are certain materials that can protect us from these powerful X-rays. The machine that I use sits in its own room surrounded by lead walls and doors that are filled with concrete. The X-rays have no chance getting through these. We can control the machine through computers outside of the room, so we never have to expose ourselves to the X-rays!

        Hope that helps!

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