• Question: What makes radiation deadly?

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      Asked by Maddy Shaw to Shreesha, Peter, Anaïs, Alex on 18 Mar 2015.
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        Peter Maskell answered on 18 Mar 2015:

        radiation damages cells and DNA. both killing them and causing mutations that will kill them. low doses are not dangerous the more we are exposed to the more dangerous it becomes.

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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 18 Mar 2015:

        Ionizing radiations damage our DNA and result in cell death. It also breaks the chemical bonds between various macromolecules and affects the functioning of a normal cell.

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