what are the hazards of radiation?
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Increased risk of cancer\nrisk of giving birth to children with disabilities or deformations.
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Almost every item and activity has its associated risk. Nightmare!\nHowever, risk assessments are very useful.\nIn 25 years of teaching in Science labs. the worst H & S issue involving my pupils was a singed finger. Schools are actually very safe places.
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The x-rays goes into body and does damage with repeated x-rays.    Just like repeated heat exposure(radiated heat) can do damage.
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Yes, but I would not. Radiation will just cause more pain and suffering, there are better alternatives. For more information on better cures visit the site below.
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You will find all sorts of information by searching "Chernobyl radiation effects."  It's looks rather interesting & so I'm going to read it all now.  It gives many different web sites to chose from.
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Nothing.  Light is a form of radiation, just as are microwaves, radio waves, ultraviolet rays, x-rays and gamma rays.  However, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays contain much more energy than do light waves, so they can be damaging to biological tissue.
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oil, coal, natural gas.\n\nancient plant matter.\n\nIt depends on how old the human is. An adult has 206.\n\nIt isn't. But it might be just as bad, depends on the chemical and the duration and level of exposure.\n\nHuman Immuno-deficiency Virus.
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Radiation in physics is a process of emission of energy or particles. Various forms of radiation may be distinguished, depending on the type of the emitted energy/matter, the type of the emission source, properties and purposes of the emission, etc.
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Bluetooth is a technology that uses radio frequencies and infrared is a type of non visible  radiation that when applied to  computer communications task was called  IrDA.  Both IrDA and Bluetooth have similar technological objectives in providing solutions for wireless short range control and communications with computers, telephones, and other consumer devices.\n\n\nBoth technologies use radiation present in the electromagnetic spectrum at extremely low power levels to maintain their objectives of "short" range communications. The electromagnetic spectrum encompasses the entire range of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation extending in frequency from approximately 1023 hertz to 0 hertz, or in corresponding wavelengths, from 10-13 centimeter to infinity. This spectrum includes all forms of classical non-ionizing radiation we are familiar with including ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared (light) radiation, microwaves, and radio waves.  The spectrum also includes ionizing radiation such as cosmic-ray photons, gamma rays, x-rays. \n\nIt is well known that ionizing radiation such as cosmic-ray photons, gamma rays, x-rays even at low levels can cause damage to living organisms and such damage is bio-accumulative. \n\nThe effects of non-ionizing radiation such as ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared (light) radiation, microwaves, and radio waves also has known affects on living organisms.  For instance it is ultraviolet light from the sun that gives us both sun tans and a hazard from skin cancer.  Non-visible infrared from a fireplace can be comforting when it is cold outside.  We use microwaves to cook all kinds of food. \n\n\nThere appears to be no short term hazards in using  Bluetooth and Cellular phones.  However the question you pose has been the subject of global debate.  \n\nIt may seem obvious  but LONG TERM empirical  studies  of LOW LEVEL exposure to anything requires the passage of real time.       Such studies and experiments run concurrent  with the potential exposure of millions of people that may be using such technologies while they are being studied.    \n\nThe effects of using tobacco is a great example of a consumer product that was widely used, sold, and promoted without having information on the hazards.  Huge litigation settlements in this country suggest that much was known about the hazards of tobacco but this information was concealed from the public.
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They all put out radiaton which can cause cancer
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Beta\n\nBeta radiation
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No, none of the equipment in a PC emits any radiation. Some people believe that the electromagnetic fields around ANY electric device can cause some health issues, but no scientific proof exists and personally I believe its bogus. You may not be sleeping well due to the noise and lack of sleep can have some strange effects on your body.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_rays\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_ray\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_rays\n\nGamma rays or gamma-ray photons (denoted as γ) are forms of electromagnetic radiation or light emissions of a specific frequency produced from sub-atomic particle interaction, such as electron-positron annihilation and radioactive decay; most usually generated from nuclear reactions occurring within the interstellar medium of space.\n\nbeta and alpha are forms of decayed atomic particle. however alpha is the least dangerous form and gamma the most dangerous form. visit the page for extra information
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The greatest threat of radioactivity to life as we know it is damage to the gene pool, the genetic make-up of all living species. Genetic damage from radiation exposure is cumulative over lifetimes and generations.\n\n     Some biomedical effects of radiation are well known. If the exposure is great enough, as it was for 200,000 people in Japan in 1945 and for the clean-up crew in Chernobyl, death can occur immediately or within days.\n\n     Even low-dose exposures are carcinogenic after extended exposure (Gofman 1990). The current generation, the one in utero, and all that follow may suffer cancers, immune system damage, leukemias, miscarriages, stillbirths, deformities, and fertility problems. While many of these health problems are on the rise, individuals cannot prove either increase in "background" radiation or specific exposure as the cause. Only epidemiological evidence is scientifically acceptable to impute cause. Perhaps the most extreme outcome over time would be simply the wholesale cessation of the ability to reproduce. Radiation is a known cause of sterility (Gofman 1981).\n\n     The quality of life of vast numbers of us may be affected by the increased burden of radioactivity we all bear. Many victims of radiation sickness do not show up in the statistics because the kind of symptoms experienced, while disabling, are not as significant as childhood leukemia, or stillbirths, or cancer, or birth defects. Nevertheless, lives of countless people have been affected by radiation exposure.\n\n     Beyond the physiological effects, the mental and emotional consequences of the trauma of exposure to invisible environmental contaminants in general, and radioactivity in particular, has been documented (Vyner 1988). One can only speculate about the spiritual consequences (Schell 1982; Lynch 1995).\n\n     "Background radiation" is a measurement of the accumulated radioactivity in the atmosphere from all sources combined: the sun, the earth, and all man-made explosions, leaks, accidents, purposeful ventings, and dumpings. The term, however, implies naturally occurring radiation is of no real concern. But before the Atomic Age there were no comprehensive measurements of naturally occurring radiation, so the use of this term obscures the reality that we already live in a contaminated world, and that radiation's effects are cumulative and irreversible.
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Radiation is the expulsion of atomic particles from an unstable atom.  These atomic particles are full of energy and as they travel (They can travel in a vacuum with no problem) they often encounter and collide with other matter.  Some of the energy of the particle is then transferred to the matter it collides with.  This energy causes the atoms to move around which causes heat energy to be released.\n\nIt works similarly to how a gun works in a vacuum.  The bullet does not require the air as a medium for it to travel to its destination.  When it arrives at its destination, it transfers its energy into what it collides with.
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radioactivity is caused by a instability in the forces holding the nucleus of an atom. A atom emits radiation to allow it to change into a more stable element or isotope.
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Three main hazards\n1.heart attack\n2.stroke\n3.Death