If a water bottle is in the same vicinity as an X-ray, will the water bottle still be safe to drink from?

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Answer 1

a. X-rays can damage you (knock molecules apart), but they’re not strong enough to cause secondary radiation (knock atoms apart).

b. If it’s strong enough the water would probably be safer. Radiation can be used to keep food fresh longer by killing microorganisms within the food. So as long as the water has been exposed only to strong x-rays (and not alpha or neutron radiation) it’s marginally safer depending on how much x-ray radiation.