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April 26, 2006: Chernobyl Disaster 20 Years Latercancers caused by the huge radiation release. 300000 people were medicine. Antidotes for radiation poisoning that you do it's strange mother just diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Terrible yes and She doesn't worry about radiation . In this waste land her
This on the windowsill syringes still full of medicine. Antidotes for radiation poisoning that you do it's strange to be here he says. The entire city is now a ghost town. Less than a mile
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April 26, 2006: Chernobyl Disaster 20 Years Later
cancers caused by the huge radiation release. 300000 people were medicine. Antidotes for radiation poisoning that you do it's strange mother just diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Terrible yes and She doesn't worry about radiation . In this waste land her
This on the windowsill syringes still full of medicine. Antidotes for radiation poisoning that you do it's strange to be here he says. The entire city is now a ghost town. Less than a mile -
Radiation and the Human Bodyimmediately the effects of radiation poisoning . What do you do if a big dose of of of radiation . Then again we're talking about acute radiation poisoning . those symptoms I the development of thyroid cancer and the reason
to our medical editor doctor Richard best there was some questions about radiation and the body rich we heard David -- tell us that those who are right around the worst of the site. Could see immediately the effects of radiation poisoning . What do you do if that happens.Then again we're talking about acute radiation poisoning . -- those symptoms I wanna move out to the wider circumference of people have been told to stay inside -- tried to -
Japan Quake: Radiation Effects On Bodygastrointestinal tract when you're exposed to radiation it can cause the that in the same amounts of the of the input of of radiation they can destroy the lining which second part want to talk about is your thyroid gland that SeniorNet this is your there any barrier between you and that radiation those barriers even being indoors milk and they had massive outbreaks. Thyroid cancer so it was in that manner in
facts on the body. That's -- confidence you when you're exposed to radiation it's gonna affect your entire body but there's three parts of the body -- wanna talk about that are affected. The affected most. The first is you're injured GI tract gastrointestinal tract when you're exposed to radiation it can cause the -- that -- in the same way that someone going undergoing cancer therapy flood damage that -- experienced nausea vomiting diarrhea. If you have large amounts of the of the input of of radiation they can destroy the lining which which can be fatal. The second part want to talk about is your thyroid gland that SeniorNet this is your thyroid . It makes a hormone that your body uses to regulate many many functions but it does that by using iodine in onecells would protect against infection your platelets which protect against leading. With radiation can wipe that out -- and cause bleeding and cause infection. And those things can be fatal a fourth part of the risk factors that are involved have a that symptoms that are you coughing what are you -- exactly doing knowing that you are exposed to radiation that -- assigned -- those from your gastrointestinal tracts -- nausea vomiting. Fever diarrhea the unfortunate thing is those can look like a stomach flu and we have all these people being evacuated. You can see that I'll have to sort out the difference between those two so let's get the risk factors -- you know it's important to know what puts you at greatest risk. First of proximity how close you to the release of that radiation . The second factor is intensity how much radiation is released it is there any barrier between you and that radiation those barriers even being indoors can reduce the risk to you. And then the third is duration how long are you there. One of the things it was known from Chernobyl was that the iodine release that people were first exposed to. Wasn't a big risk factor that I don't fell on the ground and contaminated grass. Cows eat that grass and was concentrated in their milk so over the next months and years children were drinking contaminated milk and they had massive outbreaks. Thyroid cancer so it was in that manner in which it got into the -- and not so much exposure try to think -
Health and Radiationall the consequences of of radiation exposure but you can prevent thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is it takes up iodine to make thyroid hormone your body needs that it won't incorporate the radiation into the One of the things massive numbers of cases of thyroid cancer in children. It wasn
the same playbook. -- what you wanna do is prevent as much radiation exposures He can and so here they have the opportunity to evacuate people at a safe distance away. And so -- know whether or not there's going to be a further meet these people will be away from from from danger they'll be monitoring them as they come out to see if they have any radiation on them and then they can. Decontaminate them they'll be protecting workers to make sure that they have. Respiratory equipment so they're not breathing this in within the buildings in they have protective equipment and that we monitoring them as well and then they'll distribute potassium iodide. For the population who was in that area as a very important prevention measure why is that so important -- guy that. Well you can't prevent all the cancers and all the consequences of of radiation exposure but you can prevent thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is caused because your thyroid -- your neck it takes up iodine to make thyroid hormone your body needs that. One -- things released by the reactor is radioactive iodine if you give people potassium iodide the simple little pill. Your body will change up that potassium iodide and it won't incorporate the radiation into the -- One of the things after Chernobyl He -- you saw massive numbers of cases of thyroid cancer in children. It wasn't so much from that initial exposure what happened was the -- needed -- the radioactive iodide fell -
Japan's Recovery: Tsunami One Year Laterthis disaster in the form of radiation after the triple meltdown picks up Trace amounts of radiation and soil in the trees. And there have been no reports of radiation sickness . Yet. Japanese government government. Tells you about radiation levels. It's not just
sightings. There's an invisible remnant of this disaster in the form of radiation after the triple meltdown at Fukushima. Do -- ex -- sixty miles from the plant a Geiger counter picks up Trace amounts of radiation and soil in the trees. And the detector outside the train station is a constant reminder of the new normal. Tainted water and food has been found as far as 200 miles from the plant but there have been no reports of radiation sickness . Yet. Japanese government some outside experts predict the long term effects will be minimal. But no one is sure whether to believe that after a sweeping investigation found that the government and the plant's operator teppco downplay the crisis publicly. While privately they were so under prepared and overwhelmed they considered evacuating Tokyo. You trust -- the government. Tells you about radiation levels. It's not just the government she says even among nuclear experts have different opinions. We just don't know how to process -
Impact of the Earthquakeleast three people have been treated for radiation sickness . Inside the plant according to the government one and to actually. This led to the radiation exposure . No amount of radiation exposure is good for those workers scrambling to
core exposure reacted number one and to actually. This led to the radiation exposure . No amount of radiation exposure is good for those workers scrambling to get these reactors under control it could be fatal. -
Japan Nuclear Crisis: Who Is at Risk?water this seems to drops of radiation . You start to see it's in there. Seem to matter radiation in that And you can see swirling number of people who got radiation sickness if you look at beyond that cancer most of that was the thyroid cancer. And you go beyond
38 deaths there. There were quite a number of people who got radiation sickness if you look at -- beyond that 200 miles from there He -- increasing cancer most of that was the thyroid cancer. And you go beyond that -- thousand miles and there was a slight increase in cancer it was point 1%. OK
