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What are the drawbacks of using radioactive isotopes at home or workplace?
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∙ 11y ago
1. Radioisotopes can expose workers to radiation. This can damage their healthy cells.
2. The disposal of radioisotopes can cause pollution problems. This causes damage to the environment.
Overall the impact is positive on society if the difficulties are monitored and controlled.
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∙ 13y ago
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How's that for a Home-Based Business? Al Swank of Anchorage, Alaska ....'wants to produce from his house the radioactive material that is injected into cancer patients to locate cancers. The material, a radioactive isotope, is used in conjunction with PET Scanners, a technology available in Alaska only since 2003.' Full story here. Now that's a niche market! Understandably however, the neighbors are concerned about such a business going on right in their own backyards. Not surprisingly, he is also dealing with some zoning issues with the city. Does your Home-based Business comply with local zoning laws? Does it have activities that can bother your neighbors? These are at least two questions that need to be asked before starting a business at home. For example, if you want to play in liquidation and closeout markets, you'll have semi trailers dropping off pallets on your street. Will that work? Having said that, one has to admire Mr. Swank for his entrepreneurial spirit. If you read the article, you get the sense that he is planning well beyond his home-based business. But the usual disclaimer applies - don't try this at home!
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∙ 9y agoThere are several disadvantages of radioisotopes. These disadvantages include producing too much radiation, causing mutations, causing cell damage, and possibly causing cancer.
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∙ 11y agoi have no clue
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of using radioactive isotopes in a workplace?
well its flippin simple losers
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Probable you think to scintimetry.
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Carbon dating
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well its flippin simple losers
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What technique can best be described as using the measurement of radioactive isotopes to evaluate the activity in the brain?
Probable you think to scintimetry.
Is rabbit feces radioactive?
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Pollutant not created by fossil fuels?
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Carbon dating
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Geologists determine the absolute age of rocks using?
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Is hydrogen a radioactive element?
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Describe two ways that radioactive isotopes are used in biomedical research?
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