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Radioactive Pollution

Physical pollution that affects air, water and soil. Caused by ionizing radiations of harmful nature emitted from disintegrating atomic nuclei. The natural sources include cosmic rays that reaches the earth surface and radiations from radium 224, uranium 235 thorium 232 etc

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Radioactive Pollution

Physical pollution that affects air, water and soil. Caused by ionizing radiations of harmful nature emitted from disintegrating atomic nuclei. The natural sources include cosmic rays that reaches the earth surface and radiations from radium 224, uranium 235 thorium 232 etc

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Radio active pollution

Physical pollution that affects air, water and


soil. Caused by ionizing radiations of harmful
nature emitted from disintegrating atomic
nuclei.
The natural sources include cosmic rays that
reaches the earth surface and radiations from
radium 224, uranium 235 thorium 232 etc
Man made sources
Nuclear weapons
Reactors and Nuclear fuel
Radioactive isotopes used for scientific
research( carbon 14 iodine 125 etc.)
Waste waters containing these wastes
X-rays used in medical practices
Ultra violet rays present in solar radiations
Effects
Depolymerization of DNA
Denaturation of proteins
Induce mutations and cancer
Radioactive substances in food chain cause
retarded growth, leukemia and bone cancer.
Causes sterility
Increases infant mortality rate



Control measures
Prevention of leakage of radioactive elements
from nuclear reactors.
Proper storage and disposal of nuclear wastes
Regular monitoring and high risk analysis
Increasing the use of non harmful energy
sources
Global understanding about nuclear
explotions

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