Shielding (Radiation)
Published: Oct 15, 2018
Shielding is a major protection principle for reducing exposure to Ionising Radiation (the two other related principles being Time and Distance). See Lead for a shielding example.
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Radiation is one of the important factors in evolution. It causes mutation, and some level of mutation is actually good for evolution