Enviromental Radioactive River

Environmental radioactivity
is produced by radioactive materials in the human environment. While some radioisotopes, such as strontium-90 (90Sr) and technetium-99 (99Tc), are only found on Earth as a result of human activity, and some, like potassium-40 (40K), are only present due to natural processes, a few isotopes, e.g. tritium (3H), result from both natural processes and human activities. The concentration and location of some natural isotopes, particularly uranium-238 (238U), can be affected by human activity.

Believe it or not radiation has helped a lot in the world here are some ways it helped:

Agriculture- Radiation has increased the production and volume of grain and cereals. How? Stalks of these crops are labeled with radioactive isotopes increasing their growth, this use of radioactivity is helping to relieve famine in third world countries.

Environmental Science- In environmental science, radiation is used  to measure pollutants in water and river they are called "radioactive tracers".

Eradication of Pests in this case flies- In California they had a pest problem flies, but their population have been drastically cut by the release of sterile male flies.

Food- For all the carnivores out their meats like chicken and beef that have been sterilized by irradiation have longer shelf life and is free of E coli, a bacterium that killed children after they ate poorly cooked hamburgers.

Electricity- Radiation also helped in producing electricity through nuclear plants, 16 % of the worlds electricity is produced in nuclear plants, and in the US 109 nuclear plants contributes 22 % of the power grid.

Medical Diagnostics- Radiation plays a big role in the medical field from X-rays, MRI's, and raidioactive traces. X- rays let doctors explore

Oil Drilling- Radioactive isotopes are used to check steam quality and is used to inject in defunct wells to take materials out.

Polymerization of Plastics- Plastics can be treated radioactively than being heat treated because they are used for dashboards which might crack in high sweaters especially in the summer.

Metal Quality Check- Metal parts such as turbines can be determined if they are intact by radio-photography instead of cracking them to check.

Research in Biology- Radiation allows non- invasive tracking of drugs and elements throughout the body.

Space Power- When solar panels are useless such as in dark sides in space plutonium batteries, batteries that use radiation as power, are used as sources of power.

Treatment of Cancer- Radiation can be directed to kill cancerous cells and might reduce or even wipe out the cancer.

So these are some of the benefits of radiation, it turns out it plays a big role in society without it who knows what would happen.

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