/sci/ - Science & Math

There's this notion today that the ungodly amount of radiation were exposed to today is "harmless"

When having to go trough stuff like airport scanner they say thing like "it's less than an x-ray".

but pregnant women can't have x-rays so it has SOME effects.

1)Doesnt the fact that its forbidden for pregnant mean that all radiation sources in the world should be forbidden. Even if the risk increase is 0.00000000000001%, why would i support it for something that doesnt benefit me. In the case of an x-ray a doctor can determine if its worth it and you can decide, but if you live near a power plant you get the rads like it or not. How is this fair?

2)Wouldn't it make sense to have pregnant women locked away in basements in faraday cages in the middel of the country so that rad exposure to their sensible babies is minimal?