Dear Editor, Radiation is part of mans’ environment, and people are usually exposed to both natural (viz. cosmic rays, environmental soil, water, vegetation, etc.) and man-made (viz. medical exposure, occupational exposure, nuclear fallout, television, mobile, etc.) sources of radiation. In the modern era, radiation is like a double-edged sword, with utilities in fields like medicine, industry,...

Systematic biological measurement of "cytogenetic endpoints" has helped phenomenally in assessment of risks associated with radiation exposure. There has been a surge in recent times for the usage of radioactive materials in health care, agriculture, industrial, and nuclear power sectors. The likelihood of radiation exposure from accidental or occupational means is always higher in an overburde...

Occupational skin cancer may manifest when employees are under exposure to one specific carcinogenic substance or more in the workplace. Workplaces often have higher concentrations of carcinogens compared any other setting. The most common causes workplace ultraviolet radiation, ionizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and arsenic. However, there is only a limited number studies on from occup...

introduction: nickel (ni) is one of the toxic heavy metals that exposure to it has been connected with chronic respiratory complications such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer and heart disease. in this research, original studies that investigated occupational or environmental exposure to nickel and  measured nickel levels in human tissues were reviewed. materials and methods: in this ...

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