Heritable Effects cont'd - hdbk110997

DOE-HDBK-1109-97

Radiological Safety Training for Radiation-Producing (X-Ray) Devices

Instructor=s Guide

Lesson Plan

Instructor=s Notes

Note: Congenital (teratogenic) effects are not heritable

effects. Congenital effects are not inherited; they are

caused by the action of agents such as drugs, alcohol,

radiation, or infection to an unborn child in utero.

Congenital or teratogenic effects did occur in children

who were irradiated in utero by the atomic bombs at

Hiroshima or Nagasaki.