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 Personal Danger from Fallout
- Radioactive particles in contact with your skin for a few hours may produce burns.
- Radioactive particles swallowed in food or water might be harmful.
- Radioactivity from an area of fallout may produce illness in the unprotected individual after a few days.
- Radiation illness develops slowly. It cannot be spread to other people. Except for temporary nausea shortly after exposure, evidence of serious effects from radiation may only appear after an interval of a few days to three weeks.
- A combination of loss of hair, loss of appetite, increasing paleness, weakness, diarrhea, sore throat, bleeding gums and easy bruising indicate that the individual requires medical attention. Nausea and vomiting can also be caused by fright, worry, food poisoning, pregnancy and other common conditions.
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