My understanding is at a pop-science level, but it seems like once again the chemical energy overpowers the radioactive energy. The "free radical theory of agin

My understanding is at a pop-science level, but it seems like once again the chemical energy overpowers the radioactive energy. The "free radical theory of aging" blames mitochondria for a lot of the damage our cells sustain. Mitochondria generate an incredible voltage gradient which generates and throws off a trickle of oxidative radicals which go on to damage the rest of the cell, occasionally even damaging your DNA, damage which slowly accumulates over the decades of your life.