Funny thing is I've been a physician for 40 years, with a PhD in Radiology for about 30, so I know a thing or two about radioactivity, and the extent of danger on us... Technically, are there risks? Yes. Just like there are risks of getting hit by a bus everytime you're walking down the street, like there are risks of getting poisoned everytime you get an x-ray, just like there are risks of getting rejected everytime you ask her out :) Just don't eat your hundred year-old lenses everyd