• Question: can you get cancer from watching things

    Asked by anon-186281 to Verity, Trystan, Raquel, Danny, Catherine, Andy on 11 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Danny Ward

      Danny Ward answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      Lots of environmental factors can increase our risk of getting certain diseases. The big thing with cancer is that many activities may increase your risk by 5 % lets say. If your starting risk was 0.00001 % chance, a 5 % increase would leave you with a risk of 0.0000101 % so it sounds scarier than it really is.
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      Thankfully though, watching things doesn’t pose a huge threat itself!

    • Photo: Verity Hill

      Verity Hill answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      Maybe if you’re watching nuclear waste it might not be good for you, but I think in general you’re good!

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