This document discusses the different types of radiation and their health effects. It outlines ionizing radiation, which can break down body structures and cause nausea, fatigue, hair loss, and death at high levels. Two types of radiation from Fukushima are cesium-137, which can cause sarcoma and contaminate foods/water, and iodine-131, which can cause thyroid tumors but can be prevented with iodine tablets. The document concludes by noting the need to monitor radiation levels until Fukushima is stopped and consider new energy resources to replace nuclear power.

1. Possible Health Effects of Radiation
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2. Overview
● Type of Radiations
● Danger of Ionizing Radiation
● Difference of Radiations
● Cesium-137 and Iodine-131
● Amount of Radiation
● Conclusion

3. Type of Radiation
● Non-ionizing Radiation : Non-ionizing radiation is the radiation
such as infrared radiation, radio waves, cellphone radiation and
radiation of microwave. The radiation does not affect body of
animals. In addition, it doesn't cause cancer. However, the
radiation can heat up something.
● Ionizing Radiation : Ionizing radiation is the radiation such as X-
rays, gamma rays and alpha or beta particles. The radiation is very
dangerous for us. The radiation can break structure of body.

4. Danger of Ionizing Radiation
The number that we receive ionizing radiation is very important. The
number depends disease presentation.
First, the person received ionizing radiation feels nausea and fatigue.
Next, the person becomes hair loss and diarrhea. Moreover, the
person gets an outbreak of destruction of the intestinal lining, more
diarrhea and dehydration.
Finally, after coming to lie unconscious, the person dies almost.

5. Difference of Radiations
The radiation happened from nuclear plants differs from radiation of
nuclear bomb.
There are X-rays and gamma rays that the radiation of nuclear bomb.
Basically, the radiation is dangerous for us. In 1945, Most Japanese
died directly by blast of nuclear bomb at Hiroshima. In addition, More
Japanese died by the radiation of nuclear bomb for at first 4 months.
Fukushima nuclear plants don't happen the radiation is X-rays and
gamma rays. Most of radioactivity is radiocesium and radioiodine.

6. Cesium-137 and Iodine-131
● Cesium-137 : Cesium-137 is very dangerous for us. It happens
sarcoma. It contaminates something such as foods, water and the
ground. If we eat these foods, the body of our can contaminate by
the cesium.
● Iodine-131 : Iodine-131 is very dangerous for children.It happens
tumors in the thyroid gland. However, this problem can solve by
taking Iodine tablet.

7. Amount of Radiations
Amount of Radiation is measured in sieverts basically. The amount
that receive radiations depends disease presentation.
In 500,000 microsieverts, which gets an outbreak of nausea and
fatigue.
In 750,000 microsieverts, which causes hair loss within two or three
weeks.
In 1 million microsieverts, which causes hemorrhage.
In 4 million microsieverts, which dies usually.

8. Conclusion
Radiations is useful, and is dangerous entity for us. We have to watch
for amount of radiation now until stopping Fukushima nuclear plants.
In addition, entity of nuclear power plants is reviewed over the world.
If nuclear power plants stop over the world, electricity shortage will
be apprehended. Therefore, we have to think new resource instead of
nuclear power plant.