Knowing is half the battle...
Jun. 10th, 2002 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraSome interesting information about dirty bombs and their effects.
"People within a half-mile radius of even a particularly potent dirty bomb would be exposed to less than the average dose of radiation a person receives naturally within a year, according to the American Institute of Physics' Web site. Most people who work in radiation environments annually receive 10 times the exposure of a person within a half-mile of a dirty bomb, the site states.
Stress and fear-induced heart attacks are more likely to cause deaths after a dirty bomb explosion than the radioactive material."
"People within a half-mile radius of even a particularly potent dirty bomb would be exposed to less than the average dose of radiation a person receives naturally within a year, according to the American Institute of Physics' Web site. Most people who work in radiation environments annually receive 10 times the exposure of a person within a half-mile of a dirty bomb, the site states.
Stress and fear-induced heart attacks are more likely to cause deaths after a dirty bomb explosion than the radioactive material."
