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Ionizing radiation in the form of Gamma and X-Rays are hazardous to biologic organisms.
What else can I help you with?
Does ultraviolet radiation tan skin?
Yes, UV radiation is what causes you to tan. It also causes skin cancer. (The reason your body tans is to pretect itself from cancer causing UV radiation.)
What mutation causes skin cancer?
gamma radiation
What kind of EMR helps fight cancer?
The type of electromagnetic radiation that is used to fight cancer is gamma radiation. Gamma radiation is a type of ionizing radiation, which breaks the chemical bonds in cells, which makes it useful in treating cancer.
What are the effects of radiation from television?
it causes cancer and brain disorders
What are the long term causes of hiroshima?
Radiation poison and cancer.
Why radioactivity can cure some type of cancer?
The radiation itself is not the cure. Radioactive radiation is dangerous and kills cells and potentially causes cancer. The radiation is used to kill the cells comprising the cancer (and some of the cells round the cancer). The treatment is very brutal (it makes the patient very ill for a time) but, where the cancer can not be cut out surgically the radiation beams can sometimes be used and in this case, while using them is dangerous, their use can be beneficial in the long run.
What does ultraviolet radiation from the sun do to the skin and cells?
UV radiation is harmful to skin. It causes skin cancer.
Which type of cancer will show up the earliest due to radiation treatment?
Radiation treatment is given AFTER cancer has been diagnosed.
What type of radiation causes the most common radiation trauma?
ultraviolet
What type of radiation causes sun tan?
ultra violet radiation
Can environmental influences cause cancer?
Air pollution causes lung cancer UV radiation causes melanomas and basal and squamous skin carcinomas
Would radiation harm the people testing underwater bombs?
Radiation will always harm people no matter where they are, as it causes cancer.
