Qe Late C - These things happen to some people who get a fairly heavy dose of gamma rays externally but who survive and to all of those who get long lived alpha emitting particles deposited in their bones. The symptoms may not appear for many years. Life is shortened. Cancers of various kinds may appear. Anemia is common, Genetic changes - We don't know much about these, except that ionizing radiation can increase the numter of "mutations", or abnermal offspring. It seems likely that women will not be affected much this way from external radiation because their ovaries are protected deep in their bodies. —_—~ Amounts of whole-body external radiation sufficient to cause such changes would also be enough to cause death in most victims. Men, with their exposed testes, are more susceptible, It will take several generations after some atomic explosions to answer most of the questions of possible genetic changes. Just as some cells in the body are more sensitive than others, so some people are more sensitive than others, A dose which makes one person extremely ill, may hardly disturb another. one person survives easily may kill another. A dose which Young healthy people stand radiation better than old, il] individuals. pow ARCHIVES