Nuclear Technology Are YOU I nfected?

1. Nuclear TechnologyAre YOUInfected? Grace Hart

2. Cell Phone Radiation • Cell phones emit radiofrequency a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, which can be absorbed into skin tissue wherever the phone is held closest to. • There is a direct link to the radiation cell phones cause and cancer of the brain, nerves and or neck. • The rate of cell phone purchase has grown rapidly within the past 4 years, as has the number of cancer patients.

3. How does this effect my body? • Radiofrequency energy is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation can be categorized into two types; ionizing and non-ionizing. • Exposure to ionizing radiation has been proven to cause cancer.

4. How can I help this? • By using a hands free device such as blue-tooth. • Speaking on a landline whenever possible. • When it’s necessary to speak on a cellphone use it for less time.

5. Radiation is unnatural? • This statement is partially true, some radiation is unnatural; but some radiation is completely natural. • Radiation emits from all sorts of things. An example of unnatural radiation is from factories. Natural radiation comes from the sun.

6. Does all radiation cause cancer? • Most forms of radiation UV, X-Rays, radio frequencies are very harmful, depending on the amount of power and how long you were exposed for. • Ionizing radiation is strong enough and has the potential to cause cancer. • Non-ionizing radiation doesn’t have enough energy to cause cancer, such as microwaves and radio waves and ultra violet.

7. Can human senses detect radioactivity? • Humans can only detect some types of radiation. • We can’t detect AM/FM radio waves, UV Light, X rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays. • We can detect heat radiation.

8. People are concerned about exposure to radiation. • People started to become concerned about eating radiation sent over from Fukushima. • Radiation started washing up on the West Coast; includes cesium. • This started raising concerns among some Americans including the residents of the San Francisco Bay Area in the city of Fairfax, which passed a resolution on Dec. 6 calling for more testing of coastal seafood.

9. Matter changes due to energy released by nuclear weapons? • When an explosion occurs, there’s two types of possible effects; conventional and nuclear. • About 5% of the energy released in a nuclear air burst is transmitted in the form of initial neutron and gamma radiation. • This radiation is basically condensed to two kinds, electromagnetic and particulate, and is emitted not only at the time of detonation (initial radiation) but also for long periods of time afterward (residual radiation).

10. Doctors can tell when cancer is caused from radiation • Indeed doctors can tell when radiation is caused by cancer. • 10% of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure, including both ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation. • Non-ionizing radio frequency radiation from mobile phones, power transmission, and other similar sources have been noted as a possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, but they’re still not completely sure.

11. Are x-rays dangerous? • X-rays emit a special type of radiation, if you’re exposed to intense x-rays or are given them often, you could be at risk for radiation. • The type of radiation the x-rays emit are ionizing radiation, which can knock off the electrons that orbit the nuclei of atoms. • When electrons become displaced they create charged molecules, or ions, they can scatter and disrupt other atoms.

12. Hazards of nuclear power plants • This radiation from nuclear power plants consists of subatomic particles traveling at or near the velocity of light, 186,000 miles per second. • They can penetrate into the human body where they can damage biological cells and thereby cause cancer. • If this radiation strikes a sex cell it can create genetic diseases.