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Radiation Doses and their health effects

Radiation Doses MensHealth And their health effects 80,000 to 1,600,000 mrem Chernobyl disaster in 1986 Total radiation exposure of plant workers and firemen at the 1,000,000 mrem Instant radiation exposure causes internal bleeding, destruction of intestinal lining, and death within two weeks 350,000 to 500,000 mrem Instant radiation levels at which a human being has a 50 percent chance of dying within 30 days of exposure 70,000 mrem Instant radiation exposure causes vomiting Total radiation exposure over time associated with high risk of leukemia, bladder, breast, colon, liver, lung, esophagus, stomach, and ovarian cancers >50,000 mrem Annual safety limit of radiation exposure for people who work with radioactive material, set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5,000 mrem Peak hourly radiation exposure of plant workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor complex as of Friday, March 18, 2011 380 to 2,000 mrem Annual radiation, including background radiation, on the Bikini Atoll, site of U.S. nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s 1,740 mrem 1,000 mrem Instant radiation from an abdominal CT scan 620 mrem Average yearly radiation for the typical U.S. citizen Annual radiation generated by the planet Earth. (Those living in 28 mrem mountainous regions receive more radiation exposure.) 10 mrem Instant radiation from a chest x-ray Daily additional radiation in Tokyo, Japan, from fallout of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor failure, as of March 16, 2011 24 mrem .03 mrem Annual radiation from living within 50 mi. of a coal-fired power plant Annual radiation from living within 50 mi. of a nuclear power plant Also the radiation dose from eating a single banana .01 mrem Sources: International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, American Nuclear Society mrem = millirems

Radiation Doses and their health effects

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Infographic created to increase awareness about radiation doses in 2011 near the Japan nuclear crisis.

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