Do radiology workers have any increased rate of cancer over the general population?

Question

Most specifically, RT's.

Anything proven, that is. . .or is it really null with proper sheilding, etc.?

Answer 1

Several other situations expose you to more excess radiation than radiology work; living at high altitude (more cosmic rays and solar radiation), working underground (more radon gas), living in a region where there's a lot of granite, which contains uranium and thorium, and living near the north or south magnetic poles, because the Earth's magnetic field concentrates radiation from space into these regions. The most dangerous job, from the radiation point of view is being an astronaut. One reason why Concorde never flew to Japan or Korea from Europe through Anchorage was that the crew would have received an unacceptably high dose of radiation.

Answer 2

100 R & more of radio exposure 'll cause cancer.
600 R 'll cause death.
250 mR is the safe limit.

R-Roentgen,measure of radio exposure.