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What are some of the dangerous side effects of
being exposed to radiation from a power plant?

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At high doses, ionizing radiation can cause immediate damage to a person's body, including radiation sickness and death. Ionizing radiation is also a carcinogen, even at low doses; it causes cancer primarily because it damages DNA
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