Protect Yourself from the Damaging Effects of Radiation

Protect Yourself from the Damaging Effects of Radiation

February 24, 2010



When most people think of radiation they picture nuclear weapons of some sort, a nuclear power plant, or a medical device such as an X-ray and Cat Scan machine. However, in our modern world today we are being exposed to radiation from many more sources than ever before. Other sources of radiation exposure inlcude microwaves, high-voltage power lines, cell phones, televisons, video display monitors which inlcudes computer monitors, and all devices that run on electricty.



Radiation Damages the Body

Radiation produces free-radicals that damage cells that make up tissues such as organs, glands, muscles, and bones. Besides causing the cells to age more quickly they also become distorted, or mutated, creating cancers such as leukemia, anemia, birth defects, and other diseases.



Radioactive Isotopes

Radioactive isoptopes, depending on the isotope, from either medical treatments or nuclear fallout, can remain radioactive in the body for days, months, or years. Most kinds of radiation that come from microwaves, cell phones, and medical devices such as X-rays, Cat Scans, just pass through the body causing immediate damage to cells and leaving behind free-radicals that continue their damaging effects. Sometimes radiomimetic products are created that mimic radioactive substances that cause similar damage to the body.



Levels of Exposure

The amount of exposure to radiation will vary from person to person of course. However, I want to caution people not to become complacent about this. There has been so much Strontium 90 released into our environment all over the world by nuclear explosions, power plants, and nuclear weapon facilities that it is believed that every person on Earth has levels that are detectable in their bone tissue.



Besides the continuous low levels of radiation exposure, people are being exposed to higher levels from man-made sources than first realized. First example, it has just been fairly recently that they discovered that Cat Scans are exposing people to higher amounts of radiation than they thought, tremendouly increasing their risk of cancer. One report said that one Cat Scan could be equivalent from 50 to 400 X-rays!



Medical Radiation Accidents

Another area of lethal exposure to radiation is from medical equipment accidents. In other words, the equipment was not programed properly, or the software and/or equipment had a glitch. To help you appreciate this I provided an article that I found in my local Sunday newspaper - The Columbus Dispatch. After you read the article I have provided some ways that you can protect your body against radiation.



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