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31 May, 09:10

In the United States, the average person receives the largest dose of radiation from what source?

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    According to the report of US Environmental Protection Agency, majority of large dose radiation exposure comes from natural background radiation sources particularly the radioactive gases radon and thoron. This two gases form when naturally occurring elements decay. However in the case of man-made sources, the largest dose comes from medical x-rays.
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