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37 Module 3: Environmental Health in Industry Loss Control Management (LCM)

6. Radiation
General Types of Hazards

• Ionizing Radiation
• Non-Ionizing Radiation

• Lasers

Ionizing Radiation

Some of the long-term effects of over-exposure to radiation are:

• Anemia
• Sterility

• Leukemia
• Bone Damage
• Damage to unborn child (during pregnancy)
• Mutations (genetic damage)

• Tumors
• Cataracts
• Shortening of life span

Every day Ionizing Radiation

• Ultraviolet light
• X-rays

• Gamma-rays
• Radioactive decay's particles
• Cosmic rays
• Alpha rays

• Beta rays
• Medical imaging equipment
• Ionization of food
• Sterilization of medical tools

• Nuclear power production
• Metal mining can result in exposure to ionizing radiation
• Coal mining and power production from coal
• Nuclear weapons
• Galactic Cosmic Radiation (to which astronauts are exposed)

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