Sw3 assignment11 2
- 1. Radiation Effects on Humans
- 2. Index ● Introducton ● Unit of radiation dose ● Effect of radiation ● Conclusion
- 3. Introduction Radiation affects to human very much. There are various types of radiation. When there touch the oranic material, the material will be damaged. For example, radiation may cause burns, cancer, and death. Now you will learn about the radiation.
- 4. Unit of radiation dose ● The unit is caled "rem" ● It represents the amount of radiation that needed to damage to human. ● 1 rem = 0.01 sievert.
- 5. Effect of radiation ● Radiation doses from 25 to 100 rems have no harmful immediately. ● When it is more than 100 rems, the human will have first sign: nause, vomiting and headache. ● Doses of 300 rems or more cause of the loss fwhite blood cells. Therefore, the human become very weak for disease. ● Half of the human has doses of 450 rems or more will die.
- 6. Effect of radiation ● Doses of 800 or more is ver fatal. ● The main symptoms include fever and diarrhea. ● Probability of developing cancer will become extremely high.
- 7. Conclusion The effect of radiation may be possible to keep by transfusion and bone marrow transplantation. Currently, there is no effective treatments available for the fatal dose of radiation. I think that we need to understand the proper knowledge of radiation.
- 8. Thank you for listening!!