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by Radiation Safety Institute | Sep 7, 2012 | News and Events
Tim Armstrong, Chair of the Board of the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Hon. Steven Mahoney, P.C., as President and CEO of the Institute. He succeeds Dr. Fergal Nolan, who recently retired after having successfully...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Aug 24, 2012 | News and Events
Health Canada scientists have found that many more homes than expected from previous surveys have radon levels above Canadian public health guidelines. This conclusion was reached on the basis of radon tests conducted in some 14,000 homes and buildings across Canada....
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jul 30, 2012 | News and Events
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its STATUS REPORT to the public on the current status of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, including information on environmental radiation monitoring, the status of workers, and current conditions...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jul 12, 2012 | News and Events
Dr. Fergal Nolan, President and CEO of the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, has been awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal by His Excellency, the Rt. Hon. David Johnson, Governor General of Canada. The award recognizes Dr Nolan’s exceptional...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jul 11, 2012 | News and Events
June 28, 2012 The Radiation Safety Institute of Canada’s Board of Governors Chair, Mr. Tim Armstrong, has announced the RETIREMENT of long-time President and CEO, Dr. Fergal Nolan.
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jun 29, 2012 | News and Events
There are many advantages to having Wi-Fi access points in businesses, public and private institutions, and other public spaces, since Wi-Fi allows almost instantaneous access to information. However, there has been considerable public concern over the effects of...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jun 28, 2012 | News and Events
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its STATUS REPORT to the public on the current status of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, including information on environmental radiation monitoring, the status of workers, and current conditions...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Apr 4, 2012 | News and Events
Health Canada recently published its final report on a two year cross-country survey of radon levels in homes. Almost 14,000 homes were successfully tested in 121 Health Regions across Canada. The results indicate that 6.9% of Canadians are living in homes with radon...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Mar 9, 2012 | News and Events
On 11 March 2011, the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shocked the world and raised global concerns about nuclear safety. A year on, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tells the story of the accident, its causes, how these accidents can...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Feb 13, 2012 | News and Events
FDA Investigating Illegal Online Sales of Hand-Held X-ray Units A February 13, 2012 PR Newswire-US Newswire Release indicates that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is warning both dental and veterinary professionals not to purchase or use certain hand-held...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jan 17, 2012 | News and Events
A report on the IAEA Web site states that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Complementary Safety Assessment Review Mission will conduct a visit to Japan next week to assist the nation’s development of a comprehensive assessment of the...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Dec 19, 2011 | News and Events
December 16,2011 Japan PM Says Fukushima Nuclear Site Finally Stabilized A December 16, 2011 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has welcomed the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the “cold shutdown condition” of the...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Dec 15, 2011 | News and Events
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, has just released Part II of a special two-part mini-series Podcast on radiation in the workplace. In this episode, our Radiation Scientist,...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Nov 15, 2011 | News and Events
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, has just released Part I of a special two-part mini-series Podcast on radiation in the workplace. In this episode, our Radiation Scientist...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Nov 2, 2011 | News and Events
One of the potential long-term effects of radiation exposure is the development of cataracts. Cataracts are a deterministic effect of radiation exposure, meaning that there is a threshold dose below which you would not expect to see cataracts, and above which you...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Oct 14, 2011 | News and Events
The last X-ray Safety Officer Course (XSO) for 2011 is taking place November 15-17 at the beautiful Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto. If you are responsible under provincial and federal regulations for the safety of employees exposed to X-rays in the workplace, the...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Feb 13, 2011 | News and Events
Are you and your family at risk of developing lung cancer? The connection between lung cancer and exposure to radon gas took central stage at the Dr. Oz Show on February 9, 2011. The segment, called #1 Cancer Risk in your Home brought to light the dangers of long-term...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jan 22, 2011 | News and Events
In 2010 Health Canada finished the first phase of a nation-wide survey of radon concentrations in Canadian homes. The whole project is being implemented in two phases and will take two years to complete. During this period approximately 18,000 homes will be tested....
by Radiation Safety Institute | Nov 4, 2010 | News and Events
“Dirty electricity” is being blamed by some for a host of symptoms from headaches, sleeplessness, and general pains to cancer and suicide. “Dirty electricity” is said to be caused by a variety of electrical devices, dimmer light switches, and compact fluorescent light...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Jan 7, 2010 | News and Events
There has been a lot of news in recent days about the new security measures in airports following the incident onboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009. As a result, some airports have started using new full body scanner technologies, such as...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Dec 4, 2009 | News and Events
As Canadians, we all want the cleanest, safest, most secure home environment to live in and raise our families. One way to do this is to monitor our homes for the quality of the air we breathe. Radon gas is not something we hear about every day in Canada however,...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Oct 26, 2009 | News and Events
As winter weather approaches and we move activities indoors, it’s a good time to think about the quality of the air in our homes. Radon is a colourless, odourless gas that is produced from the natural breakdown of uranium in rocks and soil. Radon can enter a...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Sep 23, 2009 | News and Events
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has drastically cut the maximum amount of radon, a naturally occurring gas, that should be permitted in homes because of strong evidence it causes lung cancer. In a WHO Handbook on Indoor Radon issued...
by Radiation Safety Institute | Sep 21, 2009 | News and Events
Officials from the Radiation Safety Institute were recently interviewed for a major feature article which appears in the September 2009 edition of OHS Canada Magazine. The story, by assistant editor Dan Birch, looks at the implications of “Exposure to Radiation...
