diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
index 96955c8a37..ebce4913d9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
@@ -1683,8 +1683,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 		radiation = 0
 		return TRUE
 
+	// GS13 EDIT - allows for skipping negative effects of rad without removing them
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_RADRESONANCE))
 		return TRUE
+	// GS13 END EDIT
 
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_ROBOTIC_ORGANISM))
 		return //Robots are hardened against radiation, but suffer system corruption at very high levels.
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
index 594afa18a4..ac44cfcba1 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
@@ -439,7 +439,9 @@
 				dna.remove_mutation(HM.type)
 
 	radiation -= min(radiation, RAD_LOSS_PER_TICK)
-	if(radiation > RAD_MOB_SAFE && !HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_RADRESONANCE))
+	// GS13 EDIT allows for skipping of toxic damage from rads
+	// if(radiation > RAD_MOB_SAFE)
+	if(radiation > RAD_MOB_SAFE && !HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_RADRESONANCE))	// GS13 END EDIT
 		if(!HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_ROBOTIC_ORGANISM))
 			adjustToxLoss(log(radiation-RAD_MOB_SAFE)*RAD_TOX_COEFFICIENT)
 		else