RADIATION AND MICROWAVES 



Agents, pollutants 



Definite Effects 



Possible Effects 



Natural sunlight 



Diagnostic X-ray 



Therapeutic radiation 



Industrial uses of radiation 

 and mining of radioactive ores 



Nuclear power and reprocessing 

 plants 



Microwaves 



1. Fatalities from acute exposure 



2. Morbidity due to "burn" 



3. Skin cancer 



4. Interaction with drugs in 

 susceptible individuals 



7. Skin cancer and other skin changes 



10. Skin cancer 



11. Increase in leukemia 



12. Acute radiation illness 



16. Acute accidental deaths 



17. Radiation morbidity 



18. Uranium nephritis 



19. Lung cancer in cigarette-smoking 

 miners" 



20. (Effects on food chains) 



22. (Ecological damage due to thermal 

 pollution of water) 



23. Storage of potentially harmful 

 materials in the body 



24. (Radioactive contamination of air, 

 land, and water) 



5. Conditional exacerbation in porphyria 



6. Increase in malignant melanoma 



8. Contributing factors to leukemia 



9. Alteration in fecundity 



13. Increase in other cancers 



14. Acceleration of aging 



15. Mutagenesis 



21. Increase in adjacent community 

 morbidity 



25. Increase in cancer incidence 



26. Community disaster 



27. Alteration in human genetic material 



28. Tissue damage 



■ While this is an occupational exposure, its interpretation is of great importance for community health protection. 



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