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birdwatcherThe Christian Science Monitor -- Fear and hype surround radiation, which has become something of a bogeyman in part because of popular culture. A radioactive spider bit Peter Parker and turned him into Spiderman. Bruce Banner absorbed radiation in a bomb explosion and became The Incredible Hulk. Radiation from nuclear detonations morphed a small lizard into Godzilla.
“It gives you subliminal messages about the capacity of radiation to do harm,” Professor Bushberg says in a telephone interview.
The only public epidemic consists of high rates of cancer in children, who tend to be more sensitive to radiation.
“It gives you subliminal messages about the capacity of radiation to do harm,” Professor Bushberg says in a telephone interview.
The only public epidemic consists of high rates of cancer in children, who tend to be more sensitive to radiation.
