• scrion@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    In the 40s, fluoroscopy became available, basically giving you a real-time, animated view of an X-ray picture. And yes, it did have all the associated dangers of prolonged X-ray exposure.

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      I think the shoe shop guy was the one most at risk here, unless that woman bought shoes daily. He got exposed to leaked radiation with every customer.