Author: Masaharu Tsubokura Editors: Izumi Yoshida, Mariko Irie 1. The problem is the “quantity” of exposure to radiation Due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, we are now obliged to know about radiation. In this column, I would like to consider the knowledge of daily radiation. The most important thing is not whether your body has been exposed to radiation or not, but how much you were exposed. We should count it as a problem of “quantity.” Radiation cannot be

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