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@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954

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South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954

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@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de
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    77•2 years ago

    This looks like a fluoroscope, basically an X-ray that is constantly turned on. The tech is looking at a live X-ray view, not a film transparency.

    The radiologic exposure for both of them is orders of magnitude higher than a normal x-ray that we think about. A normal xray exposes you for less than a second, this is bombarding him with X-rays the entire time he is standing there.

    • @carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works
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      48•2 years ago

      Plus he had to do this every day at the end of his shift. Between that and the rock dust exposure I’d hate to see the cancer rates for those guys

      • @UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de
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        15•2 years ago

        I don’t think any of these folks were making it to retirement either way.

    • @AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de
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      So you are saying he obtained multiple Superpowers from the ungodly amount of radiation?

      • @UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de
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        12•2 years ago

        Sure, if you consider having a shit ton of tumors to be a superpower.

        • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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          1•2 years ago

          Can I throw them at my enemies?

          • @MycoBro@lemmy.world
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            3•2 years ago

            I think you may have meant “yeet” them at “solicitors”

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