Radiation, Best Links to Understand It

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http://www.kallus.com/er/resident/julycourse/handouts/radiation.pdf

This is a complete quicky course for medical residents, and pulls no punches with the actual photos of radiation damage to the human body photos, towards the end of the Powerpoint presentation. Explains the terms for radiation dosages, and forms of damage to the body, well.

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http://io9.com/#!5782367/how-does-radiation-travel-and-what-kinds-of-damage-can-it-do

This is more of a physicist's/engineer's view of the stuff, but also covers medical issues.

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http://www.landauer.com/japan_crisis_update.aspx?gclid=CJ_OkMPP96cCFRlPgwoda31rrQ

A commercial site fir dose meters, has yet more links.

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http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/ucbairsampling

Air and water samplings from UC Berkeley's nuke Science Dept.

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http://health.phys.iit.edu/archives/2010-November/029858.html

Shows no connection between increased background radiation and cancer.