Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...
The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) in Bethesda, Md., is a Department of Defense (DoD) research laboratory and the nation's authority on the effects of ionizing radiation.
Cancer is the Philippines’ second biggest killer, according to the 2020 Global Cancer Observatory, as the country suffers almost 100 000 cancer related deaths per year. Paramount to reducing this toll ...
Gov. Ned Lamont and state legislators acted Thursday to fully take over state regulation of the medical, academic and industrial use of low-level radioactive materials from the federal government.
Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House ...
IAEA experts have conducted a fact-finding mission to Curaçao to better understand the radiation safety-related needs of the Caribbean island. The four-day mission was the first in a series of support ...