ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING. Bacteria demonstrate two kinds of resistance to antibiotics, namely intrinsic resistance and acquired resistance. Intrinsic resistance means that the species was resistant to an antibiotic even before its introduction.
Radioactive contamination and radiation exposure could occur if radioactive materials are released into the environment as the result of an accident, an event in nature, or an act of terrorism. Such a release could expose people and contaminate their surroundings and personal property.
The actual risk depends on several factors: 1  The specific radioactive materials, or isotopes, released, and the quantities released. 2  How a person comes into contact with the released radioactive materials (such as through contaminated food, water, air, or on the skin).n the most severe kinds of accidents, such as the Chernobyl accident in 1986, other dangerous radioactive isotopes, such as strontium-90 (Sr-90) and plutonium-239, may also be released. Human exposure to I-131 released from nuclear power plant accidents comes mainly from consuming contaminated water, milk, or foods.