Sentences with phrase «chronic radiation exposure»

Then he goes on to uncritically quote from an article which states at the end that it appears that significant beneficial health effects may be associated with this chronic radiation exposure..

This is the first known example of wild animals adapting to chronic radiation exposure, the researchers say.

According to lead author Dr Ismael Galván of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC): «Previous studies of wildlife at Chernobyl showed that chronic radiation exposure depleted antioxidants and increased oxidative damage.

Now, researchers say they've discovered changes in the proteins of soybeans grown near Chernobyl that could explain how plants survive despite chronic radiation exposure.

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In humans, prolonged exposure to solar UV radiation may result in acute and chronic health effects on the skin, eye, and immune system.

But the health effects of chronic low - level radiation exposure over years or decades are far from clear.

Now under analysis by Western and Russian researchers, this data is offering new insights into the ways chronic exposure to radiation affects health.

«Chronic exposure to low - dose radiation at Chernobyl favors adaptation to oxidative stress,» is published in Functional Ecology on Friday 25 April 2014.

After assessing the birds» antioxidant levels, amount of DNA damage, and body condition, the researchers were surprised to find that most of the birds, like the hawfinch pictured above, seemed to benefit from the chronic exposure to radiation.

Cancers related to chronic mutagenic exposures, such as lung cancer (tobacco smoke) and cutaneous melanoma (UV radiation), have the highest rates of somatic mutations.

Risk factors for kidney cancer include tobacco use, obesity, high blood pressure, chronic renal failure, exposure to certain industrial chemicals, such as trichloroethylene, and radiation.

Extensive research into the impact this flood of technology is having upon us is providing solid evidence that chronic exposure to even low - level radiation (like that from mobile / cell phones), can cause a variety of cancers (especially brain cancer), impair immunity, and contribute to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, heart disease, and many other ailments.

UV radiation from chronic sun exposure can stimulate seborrheic dermatitis, but can also cause hair loss on its own.