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Which type of radiation can cause the most damage to cells in the body?
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neutron radiation
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Which type of radiation can cause the most damage to the cells in the body?
The strongest type of radiation of course.
What damage does radiation do?
Radiation exposure causes damage to the cells of your body, which can mutate them. Mutated cells are sometimes referred to as cancer cells, and thus radiation can give you cancer. There are different effects from different kinds of radiation, but mutating cells is the basic form of damage that radiation does.
How does mobile phone radiation damage cells?
Scientific studies have not shown that mobile phone radiation does cause sickness or cancer. More powerful radiation than mobile phones, like the radiation from nuclear power plant accidents, damages the DNA in the cells and leads to cancer and other related diseases.
Which kind of radiation can penetrate clothing and skin to damage cells deep within a living body?
gamma
How is radioactivity materials harmful?
When a living body absorbs radiation, the radiation can cause shemical changes in the body. Some of these Might effect the DNA and cause a rapid, out of control growth of cells...CANCER.
What does radiation look like?
Radiation is like a wave of very, very, tiny, invisible and thin sharp spikes that can pierce into your body and damage cells inside.
Why are sunbeds unhealthy?
It is like standing next to a star. Sunbeds expose you to ultraviolet radiation and this can ionise your cells and damage them as it passes through your body. This is potentially harmful if too many cells get damaged as they can become cancerous and cause a tumour which can kill you.
What will happen if plasma membrane stopped working?
It will cause damage in our body cells. This is Lethel.
Why is ionisation dangerous to your cells?
Body cells are made of atoms and if ionising radiation occurs, your cells would lose electrons and this could cause mutations etc
How does the sun cause damage to your body?
Uv rays kills the cells of the body and thus skin is burned -- prajakta
Why does alpha radiation cause damage to cells inside the human body?
Alpha radiation can cause damage to human cells by breaking chains of DNA inside the cell. If only one of the strands of DNA is broken then it should be possible to repair the molecule, although this is not possible if both DNA strands are broken. Permanent damage to DNA does not always lead to cell death. An irradiated cell can divide uncontrollably, resulting in cancer. Any mutations that occur in sex cells may be passed on to subsequent generations, leading to a greater chance of genetic disease.
How does oxybenzon work in sunblock?
In sunscreen, the oxybenzone specifically absorbs UV radiation. It then dissipates the UV radiation as heat, though this can theoretically cause minor damage to the body.
