Well, to that end, Radiation Shield Technologies has developed a full line of radiation-defeating garments (the thyroid collar being our favorite).

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But the outfit was well-equipped with hand-held radiation detectors, full body suits with breathing hoods and ample supplies of potassium iodide, a preventive against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland.

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Full body chemo and radiation may be necessary before even the most impeccable person is appointed to take on this daunting task.

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The change also will likely squelch pilot complaints about going through full-body scanners, some of which emit low levels of radiation.

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The radiation exposure from a Mars journey is similar to getting a full-body CT scan every five or six days, said lead researcher Cary Zeitlin of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo.

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Atomic radiation expert Wolfgang Weiss said it was too early to assess the full impact of the situation but traces of radioactivity detected around the world were much lower than those found after the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986.

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He saw how his dad went through chemo and radiation treatments, but never complained, never felt sorry for himself, and continued to work full-time to provide for his family.

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The federal government has insisted ever since the TSA decided to install 300 full-body scanners, or strip searchers as critics call them, that getting a small dose of radiation is safe.

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Cellerant has dosed radiation-ravaged lab mice with other mice's purified stem cells and watched them recover to full health in months.

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