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