re x rays in article mar leland stanford edu iceskate leland stanford edu lin writes first question how bad is x ray i ve heard that it s nothing compared to the amount of time spent under the sun and i ve also heard that it is very harmful second question is there anyway out of this yearly test for me the yearly chest x ray provides a minute amount of radiation it is a drop in the bucket as far as increased risk is concerned who can tell you whether you can get out of it or not no one here controls that it may well be a matter of the law in which case write your legislator but don t hold your breath gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
