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My friend is a radiologist at an MRI center here in Vegas. Does more X-rays in a day than I would want to count. I called him to ask about the danger to your baby just because I was curious. This is what he told me off his chart. your chest x-ray is 0.1mSv, this is how they measure radiation dosages. the other part is how many days it takes in normal life living and walking outside in the sun etc. So the one x-ray is equal to only 10 days of normal radiation exposure. He says it is one of if not the lowest level of radiation you can be exposed to. A cat scan hits you with about 2 years worth of normal exposure, where the worst is the high intensity IV Drip supported full body scan that will expose you to about 10 YEARS of normal radiation exposure. Of course anyone getting that x-ray he says isn't going to be around in the next 2-3 years anyway so it really doesn't matter. But the chest x-ray you will be getting for the TB check is the lowest possible, and he says they use they apron as a precaution, he says it's used to help calm down the people paranoid about nuking their baby, and rightly so, but it is such a low dose, I would say do not worry, he does them all the time. If your worried, just stay inside for 10 days straight and you can reset your radiation exposure. Just kidding, but it really is safe. He said there is the same chart all over the internet if you google it.
Radiography-Chest 0.1 mSv 10 days