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Why may the levels of radiation exposure be greater inside ofsome buildings than in open spaces?

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Radiation exposureIonizing radiation is radiation traveling as a particle orelectromagnetic wave that carries sufficient energy to detachelectrons from atoms or molecules thereby ionizing an atom or amolecule Ionizing radiation is made up of energetic subatomicparticles ions or atoms moving at high speeds usually greaterthan 1 of the speed of light and electromagnetic waves on thehighenergy end of the electromagnetic spectrumGamma rays Xrays and the higher ultraviolet part of theelectromagnetic spectrum are ionizing whereas the lowerultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum and all thespectrum below UV including visible light nearly all types oflaser light infrared microwaves and radio waves are considerednonionizing    See Answer
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