Posted : June 2014
Author : Mary Mckee
Radiation can be used to save the life of a person through
cancer treatments. Radiation can also be very deadly. It is no secret that
society has done loads of questionable acts in order to try to understand this
particular type of energy. Here are just some of the facts about radiation and
some of the horrible crimes society has committed too.
1. Radioactive Denver
We are surrounded by background radiation emitted from
natural sources. This radiation comes from the Earth, cosmic rays and from our
own bodies. Although, we are exposed to it, there are some places on the planet
that are known to be more radioactive than others. People who live in Denver,
Colorado get exposed to 4 times
more cosmic radiation as the people who live at sea level, which gives them an
additional 115 millirems of radiation yearly. That is the equivalent of about 4
chest X-rays. Denver
is definitely far from being earth’s most radioactive place. The thorium-packed
sands of Kerala in India is known to give off 380 millirems of radiation yearly
and the sands in Guarapari in Brazil exposes locals to a shocking 600 millirems
yearly.
2. Flying Exposes One to Radiation
A high altitude is known to offer little atmosphere to
shield flyers. Sadly, the body of the aircraft is not designed to protect
flyers from the showers of electromagnetic energy. A flight from London to New
York will give flyers around the same amount of
radiation as getting a chest X-ray. Casual flyers are not at risk, but pilots and flight crews
have a higher risk of being exposed to radiation. As a matter of fact, flight
crews and pilots are categorized as “radiation workers”.
3. The Undead Forest
of Chernobyl
Within the Exclusion Zone that surrounds Chernobyl
is a place called the “Red
Forest”. This may sound
silly, but this woodland is in a zombie-like state. The trees took on a reddish
color after they absorbed excessive amounts of radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear
accident. Every tree in the forest died after the accident, and most of the
trees were chopped down and buried. But, the trees that remain do not show any
signs of decomposition and remain in a zombie-like condition of being dead but
still looking pretty much the same.
This particular anomaly is actually caused by the lack of
decomposers (i.e. fungi, insects and microbes) in the area. The decomposers are
hugely responsible for carrying-out the decaying process, but the population of
the decomposers was greatly destroyed by radiation, and even after almost 30
years, the trees still look almost the way they did when they were bulldozed.
4. Soybeans Can Protect Us from Radiation
According to studies, Soybeans grown in areas with high
radiation have 3 times more protein that is used to bind heavy metals (also
known as cysteine synthase) and 32% more anti mutation compound (aldehyde
dehydrogenase). These adaptations do not only help soybeans survive the
radiation-ridden environment, they also have the capability to protect people from
radiation and enhance cancer treatments. As a matter of fact, the isoflavones
found in ordinary soybean increases radiation’s capacity to kill-off lung
cancer cells; this means that maybe the Chernobyl
soybean with its higher concentration of radiation-fighting compounds, may do
so even more effectively.
5. Sick Children Were Secretly Radiated by the Government
The United
States government was responsible for
sponsoring a variety of human radiation experiments on unsuspecting American
citizens. Radioactive material was intentionally dropped over cities in the US. Radioactive
oatmeal was fed to mentally challenged children, and people were injected with
plutonium without their consent. Children with cerebral palsy were radiated by the government
between the period of 1955 and 1960. Because many of these children were
abandoned by their parents, they became the guinea pigs of the federal
government. Aside from being exposed to radiation, the children had to undergo
painful tests. Around 1,400 kids ended up dying.
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