Local Background Radiation Dose

Weapons Test Fallout 1 mrem

Jet Plane Travel (High Altitude) 0.5 mrem

Porcelain Crowns & False Teeth 0.07 mrem

If you Wear a Luminous Watch 0.06 mrem

Luggage Inspection @ Airport 0.002 mrem

If you watch TV 1 mrem

CRT ≠ Computer Monitor 1 mrem

Smoke Detector 0.008 mrem

Gas Carrying Lantern 0.2 mrem

Plutonium Powered Pacemaker 100 mrem

X-Rays Extremities 1mrem Dental 1 mrem

Pelvis 65mrem Skull 20 mrem

Barium Enema 405 mrem Chest 6 mrem

CAT scan (Computerized Axial Tomography) 110 mrem

Nuclear Medicine 14 mrem

From Food (Carbon 14 & K40) 40 mrem

From Water (Radon Dissolved in Water) 200 mrem

Approximate Annual Dose ~280 mrem

Government Allotted Radiation Dose limits:

Occupational Dose Limits: 5 rem (.05sv) Annual

Residential Dose Limits: 0.1 rem (.001sv) Annual