Identical amounts of two different nuclides, an alpha emitter and a gamma emitter, with roughly equal half-lives

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Identical amounts of two different nuclides, an alpha emitter and a gamma emitter, with roughly equal half-lives are spilled in a building adjacent to your bedroom. Which of the two nuclides is likely to pose the greater health threat to you while you sleep in your bed? If you accidentally wander into the building and ingest equal amounts of the two nuclides, which of the two is likely to pose the greater health threat?

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