Topic: Effects of Radiation on Human Body

INTRODUCTION

Purpose: To inform my audience about the effects of radiation on human body.

Importance to Audience: Radiation can affect anyone, so you can gain

something in this thesis by being informed about

radiation.

Thesis Statement: Radiation is widely known for being harmful but there are

positive effects that radiation do to human body.

Preview: I will discuss about the effects of radiation on human body, common

body parts being affected, the types of radiation.

BODY

(Transition: To start off, effects of Radiation on human body)

I. First Main Topic: Radiation has negative and positive effects on human body

A. Subtopic: Effects of too much exposure on radiation. (Negative Effects)

1. All Cancer.

2. Tumors of the brain and central nervous system

B. Subtopics: Radiotherapy is used to treat cancer cells.(Positive Effects)

1. To destroy the tumor.

2. To reduce the size of a tumor before surgery.

3. To slow down the progress of the cancer, relieve pain and other symptoms.

(Transition: Next is the common body parts affected by radiation)

II. Second Main Topic: Radiation will destroy all parts of your body.
 A. Subtopic: The certain body parts are more specifically affected by

exposure to different types of radiation sources.

1. Hair

2. Brain

3. Thyroid

4. Blood System

5. Heart

6. Gastrointestinal Tract

7. Reproductive Tract

8. Skin

(Transition: Lastly are the types of radiation that affect human body)

III. Third Main Topic: Different types of radiation that are harmful, harmless

and often used on radiotherapy.

A. Subtopic: Types of radiations that are harmful on human body even in

larger or small amounts.

1. Infrared

2. Ultraviolet light

3. Alpha Radiation (when exposed for a very long time).

4. Beta Radiation (when exposed for a very long time).

5. Gamma Rays (when exposed for a very long time).

6. X-rays (when exposed for a very long time).

B. Subtopic: Types of radiation that are harmless on human body.

1. Micro Waves

2. Radio Waves

3. Radar Waves

4. Visible Light
CONCLUSION

Concluding Remarks: Radiation can be dangerous and can be friendly.

Introduction

Most of us want to live long, to have healthy and better lives. We do the best that we can to make

the right decisions regarding what to eat, how to live, and when to go to the doctor. Do we need to

worry about radiation exposure? Radiation has existed throughout the entire

existence of earth. Every day we live with radioactive materials around and inside our bodies as

well as what is normally in our environment. If we use radiation safely, there are benefits. If we use

radiation carelessly and high doses result, there are consequences.

Before we begin we define first what radiation is and know its types. Radiation is not so much a

thing as it is a process, a process of energy movement. Radiation is when energy moves through space
away from a source (of radiation). There are two broad classes of radiation: ionizing radiation which

comes from a radioactive materials and x-rays machines and non-ionizing radiation (usually

electromagnetic radiation) which comes from other sources. Two types of radiation are commonly

differentiated in the way they interact with normal chemical matter: ionizing and non-ionizing

radiation. This is because ionizing radiation has sufficient energy to change the energy balance of

individual atoms. Non-ionizing radiation does not cause microscopic damage, but some types can

cause chemical changes or make things hotter (Kudryashov, 2008. p.8).

To briefly define what we mean when we say radiation “ exposure” and radiation

“dose.” When we say someone has been exposed to radiation, it simply means

that the person interacted somehow with radiation—it’s like saying we were

exposed to the sun, which means our body or a part of our body was out in