Kinniken
Riding with William
I guess at least part of the answer is gamma rays, but that's all I can think of. Can we stop the questions requiring a degree in physic please? 

There have been complaints by the purist science people here that questions have veered from science to "history of science". Still this is not pure physics (which is outside my domain of competence) but "health physics"Originally posted by Kinniken
I guess at least part of the answer is gamma rays, but that's all I can think of. Can we stop the questions requiring a degree in physic please?![]()
More direct than that. It's absorbed by the thyroid gland and thus causes thyroid problems, even cancer in high enough doses.Originally posted by col
Iodine is absorbed in the pituary gland iirc. Causes thyroid problems?