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How Radiation Interacts with the Human Body
Radiation is absorbed by humans in many ways, and can harm the human body in the short and long term.
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Health Impacts of Radiation Exposure
Radiation is associated with a wide range of adverse health outcomes, including acute radiation sickness, burns, cancer, cardiovascular disease, or even death.
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Where Radiation Comes From
Human-made sources of radiation have increased since the 1940s in the environments people live in and near.
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Understanding Radiation
Radioactive materials are elements that spontaneously break apart, or “decay,” into lighter elements over time. Radiation is energy that’s released during that process—and it’s can be dangerous.
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Diesel Engines & Public Health
With mounting evidence that diesel exhaust poses major health hazards, reducing diesel pollution has become a public priority.
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The Truth about Tyson
For too long, Tyson Foods has gotten away with putting farmers out of business, exploiting workers, poisoning our water and land, and gouging consumers.
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Fissile Materials Basics
A discussion of uranium and plutonium and their role in nuclear weapons.
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All About EV Battery Recycling
Recycling could meet a measurable amount of demand for battery materials as more EVs come on the road.
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North Korea Basics
Nuclear warheads, long-range missiles, and a combative leader. What are the options?
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What’s Wrong with Fossil Fuel–Based Fertilizer?
Massive overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture damages soil, causes pollution, and contributes to climate change.
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What is Climate Loss and Damage?
Wealthy, polluting nations should pay for climate damages.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Attacks on SNAP are rooted in persistent, divisive myths about the program. Here are the facts.