What are the effects of radiation?

Answer 1

It depends on the amount and type of radiation you are asking about. If you mean nuclear radiation, there are two types: alpha particles, made up of protons and neutrons, and beta particles, composed of electrons. Alpha particles do not penetrate the skin very much while beta particles do. A low dose would not be harmful (we are bombarded by radiation all the time) while a higher dose could cause cancer. A very high dose would cause sickness like internal bleeding and extreme nausea then, after a few weeks of agony, death. For more details see the web site below.

Answer 2

DoseEffect
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10,000 remresults in death in 30-50 hours, death is caused by
permeability changes in the small blood vessels of the
brain.

1,000 remdealth occurs in about 9 days due to depletion of the
epithelial lining of the gastrointestinal tract.

300 - may cause death due to changes in the supply and production
800 remof blood cells, symptoms would occur 3 weeks or more after
exposure.

100 rem would likely cause (temporary) illness such as nausea and
decreased white blood cell count, but not death. Above
this, severity of illness increases with dose.

25 remit is around this dose when changes in blood cell counts
can be detected, but it is unlikely to have any other
effects.

5 rem conservatively the lowest dose rate where there is any
evidence of cancer being caused. It is also the dose rate
which arisies from natural background levels in several
places. Above this, the probability of cancer occurrence
(rather than the severity) increases with dose.

300 mrem the normal background radiation from natural sources in
North America received in one year, including an average of
almost 200 mrem from radon in air.

10 - 60 mrem typical range of dose rates from artificial sources of
radiation, mostly medical, such as chest x-ray.

1 mremtypical range of exposure due to nuclear power and nuclear
weapons testing
i hope this helps sorry but it was a chart

Answer 3

High radiation doses tend to kill cells, while low doses tend to damage or alter the genetic code (DNA) of harmed cells, often resulting in cancer.

Answer 4

What type of radiation?

Answer 5

the high energy radiaton breaks up molecular bonds that well can disrupt the production of the correct RNA which is copied from DNA.

Answer 6

cell damage

Answer 7

It causes mutations in your cells and can give you cancer.