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What Materials Block Radiation?
In some workplaces, radiation contamination poses a significant concern. Fortunately, radiation shield products can help protect workers at medical facilities, nuclear power plants, and industrial buildings. The kind of radiation shield product…
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10 Radiation Companies You Need to Know About
Radiation can lead to serious health problems. While mild radiation can cause skin burns and radiation sickness, long-term exposure can lead to more serious issues like cardiovascular problems and even cancer. Be…
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How Can You Detect Radiation?
It’s impossible to detect radiation by sight, touch, or smell. Instead, you need to use hand-held devices and laboratory tools. Medical and nuclear power plant workers constantly absorb radiation at extremely low…
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How to Measure Radiation
Radiation Exposure People are naturally exposed to different levels and types of radiation as they go about their day. Some examples include x-rays and other medical procedures, radioactive materials found in the…
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Radiation Badge Monitoring: The Ultimate Guide
Suppose you are beginning or contemplating working in an environment where you’re exposed to radiation or just curious about radiation monitoring. Regardless of your reasons, it’s natural for you to consider all…
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Differences Between Passive & Active Dosimetry
There are a number of fields of work in which the workers are exposed to radiation of one kind or another. At a hospital where they do x-rays and other radiation procedures,…
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Dosimeter Badge Guidelines
A dosimeter badge is a personal device used for monitoring and recording the cumulative dose of radiation. Ernest O’Wollan first developed dosimeter badges while working on the controversial Manhattan Project during World…
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Radiation Mutation: How Radiation Affects DNA
Not many people have jobs that place them in harm’s way. We rely on brave and selfless professionals in the armed forces, police service, and fire departments to do this for us.…
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The Effects Of Radiation On The Body
What is Radiation? Radiation is the term used to describe the emission or transmission of energy through space or an object. There are many different types of radiation, some of which you…
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How to Wear a Radiation Badge
A radiation badge is also called a dosimeter badge, a device that workers wear daily if they work in facilities with high amounts of radiation. Wearing a radiation badge is very common…
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