radiation poisoning
Acute particle exposure
Radiation poisoning is illness caused by exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation, damaging cells and tissues throughout the body.
Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, hair loss, bleeding, and immune system collapse.
Severe cases are fatal.
Also called radiation sickness or acute radiation syndrome: The workers developed radiation poisoning after the reactor meltdown.
- iodine-131Radioactive halogen isotope
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- strontium-90Radioactive isotope from fission
- cesium-137Radioactive fission byproduct
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