6.Effects on the human body
How does radiation affect the human body?
Now you know that we are exposed to radiation every day through environmental radiation.
In this article, we will look at how radiation affects the human body.
How does radiation affect the human body?
The body is made up of cells.
Radiation damages the genes in the cells.
Damaged genes
Damaged genes
Mostly repaired.
Rarely, sometimes not repaired
Most of the time, the cells die.
Replaced by healthy cells.
Rarely, they become "cancer cells."
Even with radiation.
It does not always turn into cancer.
In the body, cells are repeatedly damaged and repaired.
So radiation does not always result in cancer, because cells are repaired.
Here's the point!
When the body receives a lot of radiation, the genes in the cells are damaged.
Most of the damaged genes are repaired or replaced by new cells, so exposure to radiation does not always result in "cancer".