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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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What causes all the people to be zombies in The Walking Dead movie?
well....there was a nuke and all the radiation effected all the people on the surface to be zombies All people in the air or underground will not be zombies
Are poison and radiation the same?
A definition for poison is something that can be harmful, unpleasant, and fatal. Radiation can be harmful therefor radiation could be a poison.There is something called acute radiation syndrome which is also called radiation poisoning. This occurs when there is destruction of living tissue due to the effects of being exposed to high levels of radiation.
Light from a star is a form of?
Electromagnetic radiation.
Is it a sin to watch people die?
no
Do people die for real on who dunnit?
no
What did the people die of in the atomic bomb?
mostly evaporation from the blast or subsequent radiation burns...............
How did people die from Leukemia in World War 2?
They died from the radiation from the bomb getting in to their systym.
Will you die in radiation?
Yes, an overdosage of Radiation can kill you.
Why do people not die from solar radiation?
Part of the reason is that we evolved to survive it.Another part of the reason is that the atmosphere absorbs some of the most harmful parts of the solar radiation.
How did people die from radiation sickness?
it affected their lungs from the poisonous gases which lead to even more desieses.
Which weapon used against japan caused many people to die as a result of overexposure to radiation?
Atomic bomb
Can you die from the stars radiation?
Not on the Earth.
Who worked on radiation?
Thousands of people have worked on radiation
How can people slow down Radiation?
radiation can be slowed by the using of salt.take example by people in japan
Is it dangerous to be around radiation patients?
When sick people are treated with radiation, that does not make them radioactive. Radiation is dangerous, but radiation patients are not.
What device is used to measures radiation exposure of people working with radiation?
A dosimeter is used to measure radiation exposure of people working with radiation. It is worn by individuals who are at risk of exposure to monitor the amount of radiation they are exposed to over time.
What happens to people when a nuclear bomb explodes?
That depends upon how close the people are to the explosion, but nuclear bombs produce very powerful explosions that can kill people in large numbers. And because the explosions also produce a lot of radioactivity, even people who are not killed by the explosion may later die from radiation sickness or from cancer caused by the radiation.
