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Radiation poisoning, also called "radiation sickness" or a "creeping dose", is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred with long-term exposure to low-level radiation.
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. [1] Symptoms can start within an hour of exposure, and can last for several months.
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility." Examples include lethal effects to individuals , large radioactivity release to the environment, or a reactor core melt . [ 6 ]
Busby in 2007. Christopher Busby (born 1 September 1945) is a British scientist primarily studying the health effects of internal ionising radiation.Busby is a director of Green Audit Limited, a private company, [1] and scientific advisor to the Low Level Radiation Campaign (LLRC).
An investigation showed that 5 people died from radiation, 24 were severely injured, 700 were significantly overexposed, and 4500 were mildly exposed. [ 64 ] March 11, 2006 – at Fleurus , Belgium , an operator working for Sterigenics , at a medical equipment sterilization site, entered the irradiation room and remained there for 20 seconds .
French regulators ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure. The French government agency ...
Officials urged people to stay away from the area in the city's Clifton neighborhood as the investigation is underway. The shelter-in-place order, which went into effect within a 1-mile radius of ...
Allegations that Silkwood's exposure to plutonium-239 was a deliberate act of radiation poisoning are fueled by the fact that she was in possession of potentially compromising evidence that linked Kerr-McGee with egregious safety violations, encompassing unsafe workplace conditions at the plant, faulty manufacture of fuel rod components that ...