Radioactive Pollution

Tiyya Geiger

Language Arts

January 10, 2018

Radioactive Pollution

Radioactive pollution is radioactive waste polluting our air and everyday life. Sometimes this can even be fatal leading to serious long term injuries or even death.  You might not notice this happening or even know what it is but we help contribute to this issue in our everyday life. While using everyday objects including phones, microwaves, TV’s, phone towers, and computers we are helping the situation get worse. Now doing these things don't even cause a fraction of the damage the nuclear power plants do, since those are dealing with radioactive waste in larger quantities.

This type of pollution is a cause of multiple diseases like melanoma, skin cancer, and lung problems. It is also the main cause of leukemia. When the US dropped a bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan over 250,000 people died of diseases related to the bombing such as leukemia and as well as the initial blow. Radioactive pollution that is spread out into the atmosphere is called fallout. 20 years after World War 2, several countries tested nuclear bombs in the air, causing severe danger to everyone. Sometimes by the time a radioactive leak is found and stopped and people can be given a proper health survey, many have moved out of the area and died of what was supposedly natural cause, was actually the effects of a leak. When this happens it is hard to tell if people are safe or what the cause of death is.

Some peoples jobs require working near or with radioactive waste. The people with these jobs are the ones who most constantly die of sudden chemical exposure. Most high-level waste has been simply left at a pool causing danger to those who work there or live nearby.  “If our nation wants to reduce global warming, air pollution and energy instability, we should invest only in the best energy options. Nuclear energy isn't one of them.” Mark Z. Jacobson (www.brainyquote.com)  Radioactive waste can be controlled at various levels but we can stop this global issue by using items that don't affect it.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/radioactive-pollution

https://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/radiation/