Open AccessNATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
Author(s) -
Ivana Vukanac,
Aleksandar Kandić,
Mirjana Đurašević,
Bojan Šešlak
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
human
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2232-996X
pISSN - 2232-9935
DOI - 10.21554/hrr.121109
Subject(s) - prosperity , ionizing radiation , natural (archaeology) , humanity , environmental ethics , natural radioactivity , political science , history , physics , philosophy , law , archaeology , nuclear physics , irradiation , radionuclide
Since the radioactivity can not be detected by senses, the most usual reaction to it is fear of unknown. The majority of non-professionals share the common concept of radioactivity as something mysterious and dangerous. The main reason could be insufficient education as well as lack of public information on the properties of ionizing radiation and also on its influence on the environment. The fact is that radioactivity is inevitably present in human surroundings and that the humanity has been living for millennia without cognition and understanding of ionizing radiation effects. Nevertheless, proper usage of ionizing radiation in many fields of human activity could lead the way of prosperity.