Why does radioactivity cause multiple limbs, eyes, or misvormed/misshapen animals or humans?

Question

And how does you “”absord”” the radiation? Through what?

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Answer 1

When something is radioactive it emits very high speed particles into its surroundings, think like bullets flying out of it constantly. These particles are too small for us to see, but they can shoot holes into your body at the microcellular level and damage DNA molecules. The DNA damage is what causes the mutations.