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Environmental History Timeline: 1940-1960
A-bomb radiation. A strict Press Code was imposed on all reports regarding ... , Russia two million curies spread throughout the region, exposing to radiation over a quarter million people. 1957 -- October -- Fire destroys the ... into the atmosphere. An official report 20 years later said radiation could have caused dozens of cancer deaths in the vicinity ...
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What is radiation? - Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Radiation Effects Research Foundation Menu does not appear -- SiteMap What is radiation? What is radiation? Radiation can be defined as small (subatomic) particles with kinetic energy ... radiation emitted from atomic nuclei, but X rays result when high-speed electrons collide with metal. Neutron radiation is made up of particle rays and represents one aspect of A-bomb radiation. Radiation ...
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RERF's Research - Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Are survivors exposed to atomic-bomb radiation when young more likely to contract non-cancer diseases, including cataract, heart disease, and stroke, than those exposed when older? 5. In addition to radiation ...
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A-Bomb in WWII [7]. They have operated the infamous Savannah River ... long term exposure to "low level" radiation. There have been at least 30 serious accidents involving radiation leaks, which Dupont have never ... Tuscaloosa aquifer. Source: "Human harm from low-level exposure. Radiation--part 3" Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly #185 -June 13th ...
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Welcome to Downwinders
Radiation-fallout compensation reaches $1 billion By Thomas Burr, March 3, 2006, The Salt Lake Tribune Radiation Linked to Thyroid Nodules in Atomic Bomb Survivors March 1, 2006, Reuters Health Radiation Effects Linger in Atomic-Bomb Survivors, Study Says By Shannon D ...
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Radiation Protection News Room | Radiation Protection | US EPA
Radiation Protection News Room | Radiation Protection | US EPA Jump to main content. Radiation Protection Contact Us Search: All EPA This Area You are here: EPA Home Radiation Protection Radiation Protection News ... bomb (San Diego Union Tribune) The moment when the bomb dubbed 'Little Boy' was dropped on the city, killing tens of thousands immediately and many more later from radiation sickness ...
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Radiation Risk
Current "risk per exposure" ratios have been derived from a study of the health of atomic bomb ...
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1950's Soviet A-Bomb Tests Still Claim Victims
"Russia's Nuclear Stockpile Rusting" about ongoing safety concerns.] 1950's Soviet A-Bomb Tests Still Claim Victims by Andrei Ivanov (IPS) MOSCOW -- A nuclear weapons test conducted at ... an emergency management program. Meanwhile people living in the blast region remain exposed to ionizing radiation, with soil levels of plutonium-239 and 240 up to five times normal levels with ...
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Office of Radiation Protection - Index Page for Fact Sheets
Background Radiation Natural versus Man-Made (Fact Sheet #10, 374KB PDF) Medical Uses of Radioactivity (Fact Sheet #20, 32KB PDF) Surviving a Dirty Bomb (Fact Sheet #39, 23KB PDF) Office of Radiation Protection Roles and Responsibilities (Fact Sheet #48, 766KB PDF) Emergency Response and the Office of Radiation Protection ( ...
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Health Effects | Radiation Protection | US EPA
Is any amount of radiation safe? How do we know radiation causes cancer? Aren't children more sensitive to radiation than adults? Effects of radiation type and exposure pathway Non-radiation ... been exposed. Among the best known long-term studies are those of Japanese atomic bomb blast survivors, other populations exposed to nuclear testing fallout (for example, natives of the ...
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