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Radiation vs radioactive atoms
This video discusses the concerns people have about radioactivity and shows that, rather than the radioactivity itself, it is the radioactive atoms that are of greater concern. Radioactivity (alpha and beta particles) is relatively harmless unless it enters the body.
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