Radiation has become a monster of the 20th century – because it can kill. Yet radioactivity is a natural process, which has occurred since the first elements began to form at the beginning of the Universe
MANY people fear radioactivity: they associate it with the fallout of atomic bombs or disasters such as the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. It is, however, a natural process, happening constantly all around us. It occurs within our homes, in the food we eat; even our bodies are radioactive.
Much of this radioactivity is a natural consequence of the composition of the…
