How does radiation affect humans?

A high dose of radiation can damage the human organism or even lead to acute illnesses. Even years or decades later, so-called stochastic radiation effects can occur, which can often result in cancer. In the video, Dr. Maria Schnelzer explains how radiation affects humans and explains the health consequences of the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. Original: "Federal Office for Radiation Protection" Original: German. All translations in this video have been done by the alugha AI.

LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

More videos by this producer

Turning Eggs Baking Soda into Sodium Metal

Stop data brokers from exposing your personal information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/amateurchemistry to get a 14-day free trial and see how much of yours is being sold. In this video I use the power of chemistry to turn just some eggs and baking soda into the extremely reactive elemental s

Making Cubane Finale - Its Done

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I finish the 4 month long journey to make the legendary cubane 1,4-dicarboxylic acid methyl ester while creating an assortment of tars some of which