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The New York City Police Department Aviation Unit is a division of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) focused on airborne law enforcement and public safety. Operating under command of the NYPD Special Operations Bureau, the unit frequently works alongside partner agencies like the NYPD Harbor Unit and United States Coast Guard (USCG) to service New York City and its surrounding waters.
7 × 10 ^ −1: Acute-Mammogram [7] 1 1 × 10 ^ 0: Annual: 0.11: Limit of dose from man-made sources to a member of the public who is not a radiation worker in the US and Canada [6] [9] 1.1 1.1 × 10 ^ 0: Annual: 0.13: Average USA radiation worker occupational dose in 1980 [6] 1.2 1.2 × 10 ^ 0: Acute-Abdominal X-ray [7] 2 2 × 10 ^ 0: Annual ...
0.7 mSv [9] 175 flight-hours Public dose limit: limit: 1 mSv [15] 250 flight-hours Lumbar spine x-ray: singular: 1.5 mSv [9] 375 flight-hours Background radiation in Toronto, CA: annual: 1.6 mSv [5] 400 flight-hours Brain CT scan: singular: 2 mSv [9] 500 flight-hours Background radiation - worldwide average: annual: 2.4 mSv [5] 600 flight-hours ...
Dose area product (DAP) is a quantity used in assessing the radiation risk from diagnostic X-ray radiography examinations and interventional procedures, like angiography.It is defined as the absorbed dose multiplied by the area irradiated, expressed in gray-centimetres squared (Gy·cm 2 [1] – sometimes the prefixed units dGy·cm 2, mGy·cm 2 or cGy·cm 2 are also used). [2]
The average radiation dose from an abdominal X-ray is 0.7 millisieverts (0.0007 Sv), that from an abdominal CT scan is 8 mSv, that from a pelvic CT scan is 6 mGy, and that from a selective CT scan of the abdomen and the pelvis is 14 mGy. [7]
MGY or a variant thereof is used as an abbreviation for: Megagray (MGy) and milligray (mGy), SI derived units of the gray (absorbed radiation dose) mgy, MGY, mmgy, MMgy, or MMGY: Million gallons per year
New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on Thursday.
One received a 4,000 rad whole-body dose and died 12 days later. His family's dog also died, and his stepson developed radiation burns on his hands after touching the source. 1995 – France – A worker disassembled a density gauge at a textile treatment plant and handled a 0.2 Ci (7.4 GBq) cesium-137 source for 30–45 minutes. [26]