• Question: how does radiation give you cancer

    Asked by chrisp to Zach on 19 Mar 2014.
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      Zach Dixon answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Hi, brilliant question!

      Radiation causes damage to DNA – the instructions that tell your cell how to behave.

      This damage is usually fixed, because the body has systems in place to do this.
      Sometimes the damage can’t be repaired and leads to cells growing out of control and eventually cancer.

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