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What would happen if radioactive particles leaked into he environment ?

What would happen to all the people, animals, plants and soil if the radioactive particles where released into the environment?

How long would the area be safe? Or would it always be contaminated?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    people might die and generations will be affected!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it would take hundred or thousands (or longer) of years for a radioactive particle to decompose or become inactive in the sediment, but it depends on what the elemental parts are. Some side affects are cancerous tumors and birth defects aka gene mutation on people and animals. Some plants would be unable to grow in the contaminated soil, and if they can survive it would not be long as they themselves would be contaminated by ions picked up from the soil.

    .... but it's all hypothetical.

  • 4 years ago

    A) 35 as a results of ability of actuality one hundred% is all or an entire B)0.35 C)80x9=720 so like a million/9 of 720 is 80 D)70x8=560 so approximately 0.12 of 560 is 70 E)840 and the full quantity of eighth graders is a million,050 F)50 s x 40 =2000 so 200cmx40= 8000 solid fulfillment!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It would be a very horrible disaster. Most of the West Coast will be contaminated... chaos.

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  • 1 decade ago

    it would be very, VERY bad. Sorry I couldn't provide more information, I don't know a whole lot about radioactivity.

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