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What's the largest non-occupational source of radiation exposure?
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Radiactive mat/ rays: Radioactive materials and cosmic rays. Ionizing radiation is ubiquitous in the environment, and comes from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic rays. Ionizing radiation includes cosmic rays, alpha, beta and gamma rays, x-rays, and in general any charged particle moving at relativistic speeds.
Answered 6/23/2013
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