Health Effects of Radiation

Scientists have studied the effects of radiation for more than 100 years; so we have a lot of understanding of the interaction between radiation and living tissue and its impact on the body. You can measure radiation and understand its health effects, so you can safely avoid it.

We know that high doses of radiation can cause cancer, harm the fetus, and even death.

High dose radiation can cause acute radiation syndrome (ARS) or skin radiation disorder (CRI)

In this study, we found that radiation emission at the time of the accident was small, far below the level of health effects due to radiation exposure. The average radiation dose of people living within 10 miles from the factory is 0.08 mSv, which is less than 1 mSv as compared to anyone. A level of 0.08 millimeters is almost equal to the perspective of 1 chest, 1 millimeter is one third of the average background level of radiation received by US residents. In June 1996, 17 years after the TMI-2 accident, Judge Silvia Rambo of District Court in Harrisburg dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging the health impact of the accident. The plaintiff appealed the judgment of Ramboe judge. The appeal was filed with the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. However, when making a decision, Judge Rambo says as follows.

Why do some people say that all radiation exposure is bad, others think it is a good thing? Even the scientific community has different answers to low radiation dose and health effects. If the cells are outside the body, the radiation dose may cause biological changes within the cell, even in small amounts, which can be seen in the laboratory. However, these changes have not been discovered or are irrelevant to human health effects. The possibility of change that some people may believe that all radiation is bad, and this is an unrelated fact of human health effects that other people can believe it is safe at a low level is. Human health effects are observed when individuals or groups receive large amounts of radiation (more than 50 rems) from similar events due to the use of medical nuclear weapons, accidents and military radiation