Human Biology Topic - Will a Dirty Bomb in a Major Populated City Cause Havoc?

Indeed, I'd say we all know that radiation is a realnation you can't just move the entire government
problem for the human biosystem, and this is why itsomewhere else right away. Yes, it will cost millions if
is so carefully used in modern medicine and why thenot billions of dollars to scrub the area, wash it down,
world is so worried about a terrorist threat or rogueand then clean up, or move the government, people,
nation state with nuclear weapons. Now then, it hasbusinesses, etc. to another location. If people decide
been said and clearly stated by intelligence agenciesto stay there is a biological issue that we need to
around that world that Al Qaeda, and its followersalso address. Obviously pregnant mothers should not
are still attempting to get nuclear material. Materiallive in the city, or any woman of childbearing years or
such as cesium, plutonium, or uranium whether it isyounger.
enriched or not, to be used as a dirty bomb.Also, young males should not live in such a city
Believe it or not getting a hold of such material is notbecause it will also affect their reproductive organs.
as difficult as it sounds, and we also know that evenWe know that in areas with radiation there are many
Al Qaeda has made this threat, and we should thus,anomalies in newborns of any species that remains. It
consider the threat to be real and whereas, most ofhappened in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and it also
the discussion on this topic are along these lines,happened in Chernobyl. This is something we need to
instead of prevention. We know it is inevitable thatthink about depending on the level and spread of
someday a terrorist organization or a proxy terroristradiation. Along with; how much has gotten into the
organization will get a hold of nuclear material and wegroundwater, and these are things we must be
will have a dirty bomb scenario on our hands in somethinking about.
major populated cities somewhere in the world.Will the radiation cause spontaneous evolution? There
Now for the biology issues;will be many birth defects, we know this to be a
Just because a dirty bomb has gone off, doesn'tfact, and specifically there will be children born with
mean the people that live there can automaticallyunfortunate diseases. And yes there will be some
leave, some people will have no place to go especiallyevolution, but probably not much compared to the
in a very large city. You cannot just evacuate a giantdamage that is done to the human bio-system of
city that is highly populated. Yes, it has been donethose that remain, or the children born afterwards.
before, but if we do that we will surely find moreLuckily, it's not as bad as it would seem from our
dirty bombs being used. In other words, we can't letpast experiences. Therefore, we should be discussing
this level of terrorism stop us from going about ourthese things along with ways to prevent a dirty
daily lives.bomb or radioactive material getting into the hands
If a dirty bomb goes off in a capital city in someof terrorists. Please be thinking here.