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That depends on type of radiation and its energy:

  • Alpha (nuclear) harmless unless inhaled or ingested as one sheet of paper or your skin totally shields it. If inhaled or ingested can cause cancer decades later.
  • Beta (nuclear) causes burns, requires several inches of metal to shield.
  • Gamma (nuclear, very high energy electromagnetic) very dangerous and hard to shield. Requires many tens of feet of dense metal (e.g. lead) to shield.
  • Radio (low energy electromagnetic) considered harmless.
  • Microwave (medium energy electromagnetic) cooks exposed flesh, but fully shielded by properly operating microwave cooker.
  • IR (medium energy electromagnetic) this is heat, enough can cook or burn. Can be shielded with many materials.
  • Light (medium energy electromagnetic) considered harmless, you could not see without it.
  • UV (high energy electromagnetic) causes suntan and sunburn, can be shielded with sunscreen lotions.
  • X-Ray (very high energy electromagnetic) dangerous but used to photograph broken bones, etc. Can be shielded with thin sheets of lead or other dense metal.
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