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Whtever subatomic particles an atom happens to emit—protons, neutrons, electrons, or gamma rays—the atom is classified as radioactive because it’s actively radiating “zoomies.” Even if it only ejects one weak zoomie every hundred years, it’s still considered radioactive.

A popular bogeyman, radon-222 contributes to nearly half the average background radiation we humans typically receive on this nuclear planet. The linear no-threshold (LNT) model, which claims there is no safe dose of radiation, is flatly contradicted by the real-world data on radon.

The graph below summarizes a 1995 study by Bernard Cohen of 1,729 US counties, comprising 90% of the American population at that time. Increasing radon levels are shown on the x-axis (horizontal), and increasing cancer rates are shown on the y-axis (vertical). The graph is corrected for smoking.

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Source: LNT-1995.PDF

Caption:
The x-axis shows radon exposure, and the y-axis shows lung cancer mortality. The dashed “Theory” line shows the predicted increase of radon-induced cancer per the LNT model. The solid line shows real- world cancer rates trending lower with increasing levels of radon.