Take him seriously long enough to suggest he get the fuck off planet Earth, which is bombarded with radiation 24/7.
Fun related exercise: next time you're in your car driving, listening to the radio, consider that your radio is passive, not active. You and your radio both are powering through a massive soup of signals, some of which you choose to convert into audio depending on your tastes, but all of which permeate your body on a constant basis.