Claim: Following a 10-year mammogram protocol will expose you to as much radiation as standing one mile from the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.
Fact-check: Mammogram radiation levels aren't comparable with nuclear bomb - Full Fact
Verdict: even in the highest mammogram exposure scenario this is not true, and the vast majority of women will have significantly lower radiation doses than this.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2023-03-31T00:00:00