Dangerous reason to use conditioner after nuclear attack

ByIsi Akahome

North Korea launches ballistic missiles towards GuamplanAlthough it is clarifying, if it is really attacked by a nuclear bomb, it seems that you should not use the conditioner after the bath.

Why It's Dangerous to Condition Your Hair After a Nuclear Attack
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According to NPRWhen a nuclear attack is carried out, the flames will destroy the road, the material will vaporize with heat and mix with the radioactive material of the nuclear bomb to create radioactive dust. The dust that occurs at this time is called "ashes of death" and it is possible to contaminate everything including human hair.

A summary of information on disaster preparedness in the United States "Ready.gov"If you survive in a nuclear explosion, you should immediately take off the clothes you are wearing at the outset. It is possible to remove up to 90% of radioactive material by removing clothing that touches the outside air. Furthermore, if there is a level of water that can be bathed, it is necessary to wash away radioactive dust with a shower using soap and shampoo. However, since human hair has a shape like an overlapping scales, using a conditioner after a nuclear attack has to say a bad idea.

"Hair may crack like a pine cone during the day and radioactive contaminated particles can get into this gap," said Andrew, who works with government response team as a radiation safety expert Mr. Column. Unlike shampoo, the conditioner mainly contains thionic surfactant (cetrimonium chloride etc.), silicone (dimethicone etc.), cationic polymer (guar hydroxypropyl trimonium chloride etc.) and so on. It seems that these ingredients prepare "cuticle" which has a scaly structure on the surface of the hair and makes it smooth.

ByDouglas McClean

However, if you use a conditioner with radioactive contamination particles attached to the gap of the hair cuticle, the surface of the hair will be smoothed and the radioactive contaminated particles will be trapped in the hair. In addition, the conditioner has enough stickiness to stay on the hair even after rinsing, this oily compound makes it easier for the radioactive contaminated particles to adhere to the hair, even the possibility of increasing the risk of radiation exposure There is that.

PodcastThe Beauty BrainsChemist Organizer Cerrier Perry Romanowski said that if you are in a falling area of ​​a nuclear bomb, be careful not to apply the conditioner as well as oily or sticky cosmetics such as skin lotion or cosmetic to the body It is urging us.

ByRichard foster

The majority of the damage caused by nuclear bombs seems to be caused by pressure, fire, collapse of buildings, fragment of airplane and acute radiation poisoning caused by the first explosion, not due to long-term exposure by radioactive contaminants . Still, it is not a wasteful thing to keep in mind for the time of emergency.