Authorities in Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius have received IAEA support to develop a comprehensive inventory of ionizing radiation sources used in medicine and industry under a ...

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 ...

Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...

Military personnel enter active duty knowing there are risks involved. One risk that affects a small proportion of veterans is illness caused by radiation exposure during service. Most veterans don’t ...

A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality. Study: Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising ...

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 ...

Russian soldiers allegedly stole highly radioactive items as "souvenirs" from laboratories in Chernobyl, a Ukrainian agency said this weekend. The troops looted and destroyed two laboratories in the ...