Speaker Meeting - Professor Peter Warwick
Thu, Oct 31st 2019 at 7:00 am - 9:00 am
Radioactivity – friend or foe?”
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Professor Warwick has researched the environmental effects of radiation for the past 35 years at Loughborough University. His talk posed the question was Radiation a friend or a foe. He pointed out that we are surrounded by radiation, even bananas have a very small amount of radioactivity! Henri Bacquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 and in the 1920s and 30s many people thought it was beneficial to human health. In fact the use of radioactive chemicals in applications such as luminous watch dials led to many deaths. The professor also described how technical incompetence led to disasters such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. In contrast to these problems, the talk then covered the many valuable uses of radioactive materials in modern radiotherapies. The professor received sustained applause for his expert presentation of this difficult subject.
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