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Description: This man survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human - and he had no clue what was happening to him. "Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1, was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. On May 14, 1945, he was injected with 131 kBq (3.55 µCi) of plutonium without his knowledge or informed consent. Plutonium remained present in his body for the remainder of his life, the amount decaying slowly through radioactive decay and biological elimination. Stevens died of heart disease some 20 years later, having accumulated an effective radiation dose of 64 Sv (6400 rem) over that period, i.e. an average of 3 Sv per year or 350 μSv/h. The current annual permitted dose for a radiation worker in the United States is 0.05 Sv (or 5 rem), i.e. an average of 5.7 μSv/h." More on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Stevens Join membership: youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: qxir.creator-spring.com Patreon: patreon.com/qxir Twitter: twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: twitch.tv/qxiryt Subreddit: reddit.com/r/Qxir