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Does radiation stay on your skin and clothes?can you wash it off by washing your hands?if it is from household items that could be radioactive?explain
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Yes: It can get onto clothes and skin-----and you can wash off the contamination.. The amount of damage depends on the length of ntime you were expsosed to the material----and wether you breathed in any contamination.. You can get good info on this from CDC web site on hazardous wastes
Answered 7/14/2018
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Radiation Exposure: If you think you have been exposed to radiation, you should see a physician. Most people should not be exposed to radiation in their day to day lives, apart from the normal radiation that everyone is exposed to or from medical procedures.
Answered 7/14/2018
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Define "radiation": Were you near a source? Did something get on you? Was there a medical or dental procedure? We are all exposed to various kinds of radiation at all times. The importance is in the details about the types and intensity of it.
Answered 1/5/2019
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My son had 2 cts of his brain in the er.Both times they had me go in the room with him & hold his head still so he didnt move. I was right against the machine & my hands were prob scanned. Was I exposed to radiation to? Is this a common thing to do?
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