An oil rig is a structure on land or in the sea that is used when getting oil from the ground. 1  Arabic: Ø¬ÙÙÙØ§Ø²Ù Ø§ÙÙØ­ÙÙÙØ±Ù Ø§ÙÙÙÙÙÙØ·ÙÙÙ. 2  Brazilian Portuguese: torre de perfuraÃ§Ã£o petrÃ³leo. 3  Chinese: ç³æ²¹é»å¡.  Croatian: platforma za podvodno 1  buÅ¡enje. Czech: vrtnÃ¡ souprava na ropu.  Danish: 1  boreplatform. Dutch: booreiland.
The critical organ for plutonium, radium, strontium, and many other fission products is bone and the adjacent bone marrow. For iodine, the critical organ is the thyroid gland. Insoluble airborne radioactive dust often settles in the alveoli of the lungs, while small colloidal particles may become...
Thyroid hormones are involved in many processes in the body, such as growth, brain development and bone maintenance. They also regulate the metabolic rate. Iodine deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the world. It affects nearly one-third of the worldâs population (9, 10, 11). The most common symptom of iodine deficiency is an enlarged thyroid gland, also known as goiter. It may also cause an increase in heart rate, shortness of breath and weight gain (8).