10/30/2025
Don’t forget to get your mammograms! I saw this and had to share a post from the Unbiased Science podcast:
We pulled this slide from our previous post to highlight it:
MAMMOGRAM RADIATION IS TINY COMPARED TO COMMON EXPOSURES.
Let's put the "radiation risk" in perspective: You'd need 2,500 mammograms to equal the radiation risk of developing breast cancer. Reality? Most women get about 20 mammograms in a lifetime. That means mammograms are 125x more likely to SAVE your life by finding cancer early than to ever cause any harm.
A single mammogram (0.5 mSv) has less radiation than:
- A round-trip flight from NYC to LA (0.6 mSv)
- Annual background radiation from sun, radon, and foods (3 mSv/year)
- Even a banana emits more radiation!
Don't let fear keep you from life-saving screenings. 💗