What Is Radiation Poisoning?

Radiation poisoning is the common name for what the US Center for Disease Control classifies as Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS). The condition is caused by excessive exposure to ionized radiation, which can permanently affect the cells in the body. Most people are not exposed to sufficient levels of radiation in daily life to cause ARS, but those who work with radioactive materials or who are subject to a single...


What Is Radiation Poisoning?

What Is Radiation Poisoning?

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Fact Or Fiction: Radiation Sickness

Radiation sickness is a horrible way to die, but fortunately it's pretty rare to encounter enough radiation to suffer from it. It has been the cause of some of the more bizarre incidents in history since we began studying and using radioactive materials. Test your knowledge of the effects of radiation with our quiz.

Fact or Fiction: Radiation Sickness

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Fukushima Workers Face “nightmarish World Of High Radiation, Difficult Terrain”

[video link] UK's Channel Four has a news feature out on the plight of the 3,000 workers currently being bussed into the Fukushima Daiichi plant on behalf of some 600 subcontractor companies tasked with securing and cleaning up the nuclear … Continue reading →

Radiation Rings Hint Universe Was Recycled Over and Over

Most cosmologists trace the birth of the universe to the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. But a new analysis of the relic radiation generated by that explosive event suggests the universe got its start eons earlier and has cycled through myriad episodes of birth and death, with the Big Bang merely the most recent in a series of starting guns.

Radiation Rings Hint Universe Was Recycled Over and Over

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