What does radiation poisoning do to people and animals?

1. How does radiation affect humans and animals?
2. How does radiation poisoning affect people?
3. Does radiation poisoning affect animals?
4. What does radiation do to the human body?
5. What radiation does to animals?
6. What are the symptoms of radiation sickness?
7. How much radiation does a phone give off?
8. How do you rid your body of radiation?
9. What happened to the animals that were exposed to the radiation from the meltdown?
10. Can animals adapt to radiation?
11. Can radiation mutate animals?
12. What radiation poisoning feels like?
13. Can radiation be passed from person to person?
14. Is radiation sickness contagious?

How does radiation affect humans and animals?

Beams of ionizing radiation are focused on the tumor in an effort to kill the cancer cells and shrink the tumor. Side effects typically include skin problems that may encourage the animal to scratch. While fatigue and nausea are possible side effects of radiotherapy in humans, these are unusual in cats and dogs.

How does radiation poisoning affect people?

Exposure to very high levels of radiation, such as being close to an atomic blast, can cause acute health effects such as skin burns and acute radiation syndrome (“radiation sickness"). It can also result in long-term health effects such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Does radiation poisoning affect animals?

This radiation is so strong that animals, plants and people can get acute radiation poisoning. In this case, irradiation of cells causes substantial damage to DNA and other cell structures. ... Large areas of forest died and many animals received radiation injuries, including grazing cows,” says Brown.

What does radiation do to the human body?

Initial symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache and diarrhoea. These symptoms can start within minutes or days after the exposure. People who have been exposed to high doses can also have skin damage ranging from itching to burns, blisters and ulcers. They may also have temporary hair loss.

What radiation does to animals?

Radiations generally induce ionizing and photochemical reactions and thereby incorporate into DNA molecules in animal cells causing genetic damage. Because of the high costs of chemical reprocessing some amount of nuclear waste material is customarily released into the sea.

What are the symptoms of radiation sickness?

These symptoms include loss of appetite, fatigue, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and possibly even seizures and coma. This seriously ill stage may last from a few hours up to several months. People who receive a high radiation dose also can have skin damage.

How much radiation does a phone give off?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — which regulates cell phones, among other things, in the United States — has set radiation standards for cell phones at 1.6 watts per kilogram averaged over 1 gram of tissue.

How do you rid your body of radiation?

Decontamination involves removing external radioactive particles. Removing clothing and shoes eliminates about 90 percent of external contamination. Gently washing with water and soap removes additional radiation particles from the skin.

What happened to the animals that were exposed to the radiation from the meltdown?

Much like human survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, birds and mammals at Chernobyl have cataracts in their eyes and smaller brains. These are direct consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation in air, water and food.

Can animals adapt to radiation?

Laboratory experiments have shown that humans and other animals can adapt to radiation, and that prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation increases organisms' resistance to larger, subsequent doses. This adaptation, however, has never been seen outside the laboratory in wild populations.

Can radiation mutate animals?

Studies in other animals—mostly smaller ones like birds, rodents, and insects—show that Chernobyl radiation can cause mutations and ill health effects, says Tim Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina who was not involved in the recent study.

What radiation poisoning feels like?

Death occurs within 2 weeks of exposure. Symptoms are extreme nervousness and confusion; severe nausea, vomiting, and watery diarrhea; loss of consciousness; and burning sensations of the skin. Onset occurs within minutes of exposure. Stage lasts for minutes to hours.

Can radiation be passed from person to person?

Radiation cannot be spread from person to person. Small quantities of radioactive materials occur naturally in the air, drinking water, food and our own bodies. People also can come into contact with radiation through medical procedures, such as X-rays and some cancer treatments.

Is radiation sickness contagious?

Radiation is not contagious, not in the usual sense that one can “catch” certain diseases by being exposed to someone with the illness.