International Association for Radiation Research
International Association for Radiation Research is an association which unites scientists working in different fields and having common interest in radiobiology, radiation chemistry and radiation physics. All the members of International Association for Radiation Research make extensive research in radiation-related aspects. Radioactivity research is of course of top priority.
There are lots of things said and written about negative and positive effects of radiation, however what do we, average citizens, know about the radiation and radioactivity? People are inclined to be more interested in common daily concerns, such as losing weight with the help of phentermine, and not seeminly remote problems like radiation.
Since only single-celled organisms have been used for most studies of the negative effects of radiation, it's still rather difficult to say for sure what impact the radiation produces on humans. The thing is that a single cell damaged by radiation is prone to affect other cells in an individual and this can be done indirectly. Skin, gonads, intestine and tissues are the most sensitive areas of the human body because these are the areas where the largest number of dividing cells can be found.
Some scientists consider that a low amount of radiation is not as harmful for human beings as some scientists believe it to be because cells have biochemical repair systems. This is actually the reason why nowadays radiation is used in medicine as well as chemotherapy. There is a great number of disputes connected with radiation usage as far as any scientist can't say for sure now which impact radiation produces both of healthy and sick people and what the major harmful effects of the radiation are. |