Threshold doses, mutagens. Nagasaki, health consequences. Answers to 10 of the most frequently asked questions about radiation health- effects. Radiation-induced damage cannot always be successfully repaired by our cells because damage from ionizing radiation can be especially complex. Cancer and inherited afflictions are caused by damaged genetic molecules.
Ionizing radiation is a proven cause of human cancer.
None of this is in dispute, none of this is speculative. Today, the largest sources of willful radiation exposure are diagnostic medical irradiation and work-related doses. In the future, nuclear pollution may exceed those sources, if citizens become lazy watchdogs. The tobacco industry was not the leader in warning people about the health consequences of smoking, either. We are especially active in supplying teachers, students, medical patients, libraries, and other reseachers.