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The hazards of radioactive materials are basically three:

  • radiation burns and hair loss from intense radiation
  • cancer from long term low level exposure to radiation or from intense, short-term exposure
  • potential for genetic damage - demonstrated in test animals but not seen in humans such as survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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