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Radiation Exposure and the Body – What You Need to Know
Posted on March 23rd, 2011 10 commentsThe Fukushima explosion is the worst nuclear disaster in Japan since World War II. This situation comes on the heels of—not one, but two—natural disasters, and the in the midst of this crisis, questions undoubtedly arise about the safety of radiation exposure.
As marketers, we are communicators. As such, we wanted to help everyone understand the different types of radiation, its effects and how to mitigate risks of exposure. Radiation is not something we think about every day, so there is understandably a lack of education around the topic.
The following infographic is the aggregation of numerous sources that are authorities on radiation. It details the threat levels of radiation exposure from events like the Fukushima explosion down to a dental x-ray. We hope that it will dispel the magnitude of everyday threats and help increase awareness around what Japan (and the world) is facing in light of these tragic circumstances.
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Disclaimer: As a digital marketing agency, Geary Interactive is not an expert about radiation or its effects. We compiled available information and presented in a way that is easily visualized and easy to understand.
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5 responses to “Radiation Exposure and the Body – What You Need to Know”
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In this grafics only the 3 usual suspects are mentioned: 3 Mile Island (Harrisburg, Philadelphia), Chernobyl (Ukraine), and Fukushima. But there were other accidents, incidents, or nuclear events. For futher information: see Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_accidents) or my blog (http://bernhardschmitz.blogspot.com).
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This is really interesting. Thanks for take the time to gather all of this info. Pushing the infographic out through my social channels as I write this.
So… ionizing radiation causes cellular / molecular mutations and ultimately can lead to cancer, but the same ionizing radiation (gamma rays) is used to treat cancer by targeting cancer cells and mutating them beyond their destructive state. This is me not searching first, but doesn’t this seem circular? Any insight on targeted is the radiation therapy that cancer patients are subjected to?
I get it, because you are choosing the lesser of evils – ionizing radiation exposure over cancer – it’s just upsetting that we haven’t found a more mainstream treatment.
Sidenote: I’m a marketer and you guys are marketers, so it’s clear that no one is an expert here. Just curious.
Cheers!
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The Eroc April 2nd, 2011 at 00:12
This infographic is far from accurate. First and foremost gamma radiation and x-ray are essentially the same thing. There is no acknowledgement of alpha, beta or neutron radiation. Most important are the differences between each and the affects of each. As well as comparing the affects of each to something everyone knows.
For example: Everyone is freaking out about the radiation from backscatter scanners, but that releases the equivalent amount of radiation as two minutes of flight. If that is the case and we do not question a 7 hour flight (420 minutes) then why is everyone so nervous about two minutes???
People forget and do not understand what amount of radiation they get from everyday things, like the sun, granite, crowns in your mouth (teeth). When you compare the severe or other things you are worried about to these then the public realizes there is nothing to worry about.
The press create mass hysteria.
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Too bad this ‘infographic’ is wrong; microwave energy is not thermal, infrared is. Microwaves cause heating in various materials, but is not thermal energy.
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Bernhard H. Schmitz March 29th, 2011 at 17:00