[ RadSafe ] Collective Dose and Death

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 08:35 AM 1/6/2011, Bryan Lemieux wrote:
>Sun burns are caused by the Ultraviolet radiation though the heat 
>you feel is from the infrared.  Intuitively you might think that 
>heating is what leads to the burns, but that isn't the 
>case.  Similar radiation burns are seen from UVR sources when they 
>are not properly handled (such as face and corneal burns from UV 
>transilluminators used in biomedical research).
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Bryan,

THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME.

UV both causes both sunburn and skin cancer. So it is analogous to 
ionizing radiation effects.

Otto


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