Radiation sickness can occur from exposure to different types of radiation such as gamma rays and x-rays, which are invisible and can only be detected with special devices. While radiation exposure can lead to cancer by damaging DNA over time, radiation sickness is an acute illness caused by high doses of radiation and may include symptoms like deformities and mutations. Radiation can spread from events like a nuclear power plant accident or nuclear bomb detonation.

1. Radiation Sickness
By
Corey Good

2. Radiation
• You can not see, smell, or taste radiation
• It can only be detected with special devices

3. Types of Radiation
• Gamma rays
• X-rays
• Ultraviolet rays
• Visible light
• Infrared rays
• Microwaves
• Radiofrequency waves
• Extremely low-frequency radiation

4. Sickness and Cancer
• Exposure to radiation can lead to cancer due
to DNA damage, cancer caused by radiation is
not radiation sickness

5. Effects
• Radiation can cause deformities and
mutations to animals and humans

6. How it spreads
• Radiation can be dispersed by a nuclear power
plant malfunction or by a nuclear bomb