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Our world has been radioactive ever since! Humans are primarily
exposed to natural radiation from the Sun, cosmic rays, and
naturally-occurring radionuclides found in the Earth's crust.
Besides the natural radioactivity, industries, which produce
radioactive wastes during their normal operations or during their
dismantling and decommissioning processes, do contaminate the
environment through the release of radionuclides into the air, soil
and water. Among them, nuclear power plants, NORM (Naturally
Occurring Radioactive Materials) related industries, hospitals,
radionuclide production facilities, uranium mining and other
nuclear facilities, along with radioactive/nuclear disposal sites
are a potential source of environmental contamination by
emission/discharging of natural/artificial radionuclides through
water, air and soil to the other environmental compartments like
plants, animals and foods. In a word, everything that makes our
existence! The book ''Radionuclides: Properties, Behavior and
Potential Health Effects" is a comprehensive overview of some
information on radiation in the environment and human exposure to
radioactivity. This book highlights the sources, properties,
behaviors, and biological and ecological effects of radioactivity
from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The emphasis is on the
environmental aspects of radionuclides and their eventual effects
on biota, particularly humans.
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