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DESCRIPTION: Getting bitewing or full mouth (panoramic) X-rays at the dentist may be associated with an increased risk of meningioma, the most common type of brain tumor.
I was just actually at the dentist for my check-up and was again offered a set of full mouth X-rays (because I was “due”). Normally when I refuse routine dental X-rays I’ve just explained that I try to minimize my radiation exposure, but this time I was able to refuse “as per the official recommendation of the American Dental Association”! I just got a blank stare.
More on avoiding brain tumors in:
• The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc (
• IGF-1 as One-Stop Cancer Shop (
• When Nitrites Go Bad (
• #1 Anticancer Vegetable (
• Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? (
This is the third in a five part series on preventing and mediating the adverse effects of radiation exposure. The first, Fukushima and Radioactivity in Seafood ( described the natural and artificial sources of radioactive isotopes in our diet. The last video, Cancer Risk from CT Scan Radiation ( detailed the estimated 29,000 cancers that doctors cause with CAT scans every year. In my next video, Mediating Radiation Exposure from Air Travel ( I talk about those full-body scanners in airports and I’ll close out with ways to mediate all these risks with Reducing Radiation Damage With Ginger And Lemon Balm (
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