* * * Photography brewing thyroid cancer? National Health Bureau: Rumors are not credible

Don't make rumors! A letter entitled "* * * and dental photography will increase thyroid cancer" circulated on the Internet, which attracted people's attention. However, the national medical service system said that there is no empirical evidence that * * * and dental X-ray photography are related to thyroid cancer, and people are urged not to believe in rumors and refuse relevant tests, so as not to lose big because of small.

There are rumors on the internet that X-ray examination will increase the risk of thyroid cancer, but the national health department has verified this rumor. Exposure to radiation below 50 millisieverts per year has no obvious carcinogenic effect.

According to the data of Energy Society, the annual dose of natural background radiation received by each person in Taiwan Province Province is about 1.62 millisieverts, while the dose received by an X-ray examination is about 0.7 millisieverts, and the dose received by a dental x-ray examination is about 0.0 1 millisieverts.

According to the Ministry of Health, the American Society of Health Physics (HPS) points out that there is no obvious health or carcinogenic effect when receiving radiation below 50 millisieverts per year.

The thyroid gland is not in the field of mammography, so it is safe to wear a lead cover around your neck.

In addition, American College of Radiology (ACR), Breast Imaging Society (SBI) and American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) also issued statements refuting the statement that * * * photography will increase thyroid cancer.