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Severely oversimplifying things, ionizing radiation causes damage to cells:
- some cells die immediately, enough die the person dies in hours to days
- cells die in the digestive system, causing diarrhea and dehydration and the person dies in weeks
- mutations transform cells to cancer, tumors grow over years and the person dies many years later
- etc.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause radiation destroys the cells, deforms DNA and causes burns, wich cause death(if a person gets a high radiation dose within a short period)
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∙ 11y agoBecause, radiation is a source of blue ray which harms the skin and tissue around the bones and muscles
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no
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no
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Will you die in radiation?
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Do people live in chernobyl?
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