A comprehensive review of the effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation, BEIR VII-Phase 2: Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, was published in 2006. The BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) reports are a series of publications by the National Academy of Sciences. The last BEIR report on the effects of low level radiation, BEIR V, was publish...

The application of nuclear energy in industry, medicine, and agriculture is increasing remarkably. Currently, nearly 10% of total world electricity generation comes from nuclear energy, and further growth in nuclear power generation is expected in coming decades. This expansion in the peaceful use of nuclear energy is likely to increase the risk of human exposure to low doses of ionizing radiat...

INTRODUCTION. It is commonly stated that " any radiation dose, no matter how small, can cause cancer ". The basis for that statement is the linear-no threshold theory (LNT) of radiation carcinogenesis. According to LNT, if 1 Gy (100 rads) of exposure gives a cancer risk R, the risk from 0.01 Gy (1 rad) of exposure is R/100, the risk from 0.00001 Gy (1 millirad) is R/ 100,000, and so on. Thus th...

background: over the past few years, the rapid use of high frequency electromagnetic fields like mobile phones has raised global concerns about the negative health effects of its use. adaptive response is the ability of a cell or tissue to better resist stress damage by prior exposure to a lesser amount of stress. this study aimed to assess whether radiofrequency radiation can induce adaptive r...

The paradox of ionising radiation is that we probably know more about it than about any other environmental agent yet are still uncertain of the total extent of its risks at low levelsindeed, out of the welter of data support can easily be found for opposing points of view. The main worry stems from the belief that for most long-term effects there is no threshold below which radiation is comple...