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varjagtoday at 8:25 PM1 replyview on HN

You do get DNA damage all the time, just very few of them lead to cancerous growth. So it would make sense the risk goes linearly up with exposure.


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colechristensentoday at 8:48 PM

You also evolved in a world with radiation and have repair mechanisms in place so it makes sense that the "realized" damage is not necessarily linear.