Yesterday Monday 03/14/2011, 2 nuclear tanks exploded and every1 worried.
I just discovered from CNN on9 news, and read this
"Nuclear power has generally proved safe and nondetrimental to human health.But when something goes wrong, it can result in widespread radioactive exposure and health hazards that turn an average power plant into a notorious name like Chernobyl." CNN website updated news.
I also received the news regarding the nuclear tank exploded and been informed to keep aware when raining and ensure to protect ourself to avoid it. It may cause skin cancer and even brain cancer. I'm not really sure about it. So after read this article and hope we all save from the radiation. But still aware bout it.
Here I paste full article about it.
"Radiation all around us
A study from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement found that nearly half of the radiation to which the U.S. population is exposed comes from medical sources such as CT scans, X-rays, and nuclear medicine, which is the use of radioactive chemicals in the treatment and diagnosis of health conditions. But there's also radiation coming from the sun, stars and soil.
The average radiation exposure a person gets is about 3,000 microsieverts per year. To give you a sense of what that means, a CT scan is about 3,000 microsieverts, but lasts only a matter of minutes.
The farther away you are from the source of radiation, the less exposure you will have to damaging high-energy light beams such as gamma rays.
Radiation sickness
Generally, the greater exposure you've had, the faster and more intense the symptoms of radiation sickness will be.
Nausea and vomiting are usually the initial symptoms of radiation sickness. A very severe exposure can lead to them within 10 minutes; dizziness, weakness, and low blood pressure may begin immediately. If the radiation exposure is mild, a person might not start experiencing these symptoms for up to six hours. Check out this Mayo Clinic chart, under "symptoms" for more information about how various levels of radiation might affect a person.
The simple removal of clothes and shoes eliminates about 90% of external radiation contamination, according to the Mayo Clinic, and washing with soap and water takes radiation off the skin. This lowers your risk of breathing or ingesting radiation particles, or having them get into open wounds.
There may be damage to bone marrow, which can be treated with a protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Transfusions of red blood cells or blood platelets may also be necessary."
Copy from CNN news.
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