Basics of Radiation:
Effects of Ionizing Radiation
- Energy transfers to the object being struck
- Breaks molecules into ions, which are charged, reactive particles
- Reactions can
- kill cells
- damage cells (cells repair or damaged cells reproduce)
- do nothing to cells
- Damaged cells may develop into cancers, birth defects; natural immunities diminished
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