For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
– Jimmy Carter
Recently the whole world got stunned on the nature’s fury and subsequent disaster with the triple blow of earth quake, Tsunami and Nuclear radiation threat happened on Japan.In spite of the heavy losses of human lives and property, the horror part is yet to conclude.The increasing levels of radiations on environment and humans pose an acute danger.
The aim of this article, is to explain the ill effects of nuclear radiation on the human body.
Certain parts of our body are very vulnerable to the exposure of nuclear radiation.There are various factors influencing the health conditions of humans exposed to radiation, such as
- The amount of dosage.
- Type of Radiation and its ability to damage human tissues.
- Which human organ got affected.
The radiation occurs when unstable nuclei of atoms decay and release particles. When human body is exposed to these particles, the energy gets absorbed on cells, causing biological damages. The extend of damage depends upon how much of radiation is absorbed. The unit used to measure radiation dosage is the rem, which stands for roentgen equivalent in man.
The extend of damage based on rem levels on different organs are listed below.
Even long after the radiation has subsided, the radiation damages continue to persist and cause physical problems.
Increased levels of Blood disorders,Malignant Tumors, Keloids – scar tissue covering the healed burns, swell and grow abnormally,cataracts on humans are noticed from the past experiences around the world.
In spite of all these ill effects, human race is not ready to stop the usage of nuclear power plants, due to the fact that the energy obtained from nuclear process under controlled operation is immense and relatively cleaner in terms of sustainability related issues.
Now it is high time to invest on innovative technologies to increase the harvesting of Solar, Wind and Wave Power for our energy usages.
Lets save our planet and human existence………..
Bottom Note: Even though Japan is the leading innovators on Humanoid Robotics, not even a single robot is used in the disaster management during the recent nuclear crisis…………..
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