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EMFs & Implantable Medical Devices

by Radiation Safety Institute of Canada | Jun 21, 2024 | Blog

EMFs stand for electromagnetic fields. As the name suggests, they are made up of both electric and magnetic fields. Anything that uses electricity will have electric charges moving through it in a circuit. Because of the charges, the circuit will also be surrounded by...

Honouring the Elliot Lake Miners: 50th Anniversary of the Wildcat Strike – A Legacy of Safety

by Radiation Safety Institute of Canada | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog, News and Events

Fifty years ago, the uranium miners of Elliot Lake led by the United Steelworkers union, took a courageous stand for their health and safety. In an unprecedented wildcat strike, these brave men and women walked off the job in protest of unacceptable working conditions...

C-NRPP study on Comparing Consumer-Grade Electronic Radon Monitors

by Radiation Safety Institute of Canada | Apr 10, 2024 | Blog

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can potentially escape into your home from the soil and rock beneath it[1]. Points of entry to your home usually involve seeping of the gas through cracks or around pipes and drains or via open piping like those...

Personnel Dosimetry Strategies for a High-Performing Radiation Protection Program

by Radiation Safety Institute of Canada | Mar 26, 2024 | Blog

In the radiation protection (RP) field, we focus intensely on the idea of keeping all radiological risks and doses as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). This preventative principle should underscore the basis of every RP decision you make. A well-designed RP...

Roy McMurtry, OC OOnt KC (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024)

by Radiation Safety Institute of Canada | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog, News and Events

It is with great sadness that the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada (RSIC) shares with its friends, partners, and stakeholders the news that Ontario has lost a champion of justice and safety with the passing of Roy McMurtry, OC, OOnt, KC. Mr. McMurtry’s remarkable...