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Indoor Environment (Popularity:  )
(Score: 15.08)
http://indoorenv.com/
RADON comes from the natural (radioactive) breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water and gets into the air you breathe. RADON can be found all over the U.S. It ...
Category: Science\Environment\Air Quality\Radon
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Swedish Radiation Protection Institute (Popularity: )
(Score: 14.60)
http://www.ssi.se/english/lank_symbol_Eng.html
Government authority with the task of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation. News and information on public and worker radiation exposure.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (Popularity: )
(Score: 13.53)
http://www.ccnr.org/ceac_B.html
A comprehensive report from the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council on the biological effects of radiation. Genetic damage, latency of cancer, units of exposure, biological effectiveness of radiation.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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Landauer (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.94)
http://www.landauerinc.com
Radiation dosimetry products and services to measure exposure to occupational and environmental radiation including X-ray, beta and gamma monitors, neutron badges, and radon gas detectors.
Category: Science\Instruments and Supplies\Laboratory Equipment\Radiation Measurement
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Ionizing Radiation Risks (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.88)
http://www.foe.arc.net.au/kohnlein/kohnlein.html
Estimates of exposure to low-level ionizing radiation and related topics by Wolfgang Kohnlein.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.42)
http://www.icnirp.org/
ICNIRP is an independent scientific organization, whose aims are to provide guidance and advice on the health hazards of non-ionizing radiation exposure. Provides information on publications, activities and links.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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Radiation Safety Network (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.68)
http://www.radiationsafety.net/
Provides radiation safety and radiation protection resources for radiation safety officers and radiation users. Information for radiation safety training, radiation safety services, and radiation control/government agency contacts is included.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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SEDAC: Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.53)
http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone/
Data and resources in the areas of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ozone, and human health impacts of UV exposure. UV radiation is known to be a significant risk factor for skin ...
Category: Science\Environment\Global Change\Ozone Layer
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UK consumer group: Hands-free phone kits boost radiation exposure (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.35)
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/02/london.phone/index.html
Cnn.com story on the possibility of hands-free mobile phone kits boosting the amount of radiation entering human tissue.
Category: Science\Environment\Energy\Electromagnetic Field
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Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.05)
http://www.rerf.or.jp/
Private, nonprofit Japanese foundation, supported by the U.S. and Japan governments, that conducts research and studies on the effects of radiation exposure on humans with a view toward contributing to ...
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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The EMR Network (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.36)
http://www.emrnetwork.org
Organization working to reduce hazardous exposure to electromagnetic radiation worldwide. Includes news and information about risks, ongoing research, regulations, and litigation.
Category: Science\Environment\Energy\Electromagnetic Field
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Integrated Environmental Management (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.26)
http://www.iem-inc.com/prrn.html
Informative primer on radon, its progeny, measurement and risks. Extensive information on radioactivity and radiation, exposure and risks.
Category: Science\Environment\Air Quality\Radon
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BUMC Cardiovascular Proteomics Center (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.89)
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Departments/HomeMain.asp?DepartmentID=382
The CPC is funded by the NIH/NHLBI to analyze protein variations caused by oxidative stress, a condition influenced by smoking, exposure to ionizing radiation, and other lifestyle and environmental processes.
Category: Science\Biology\Biochemistry and Molecular Biology\Biomolecules
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The Tokaimura Accident - Nuclear Energy and Reactor Safety (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.76)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/tokaimura/tokaimura.html
Lecture of the State University of New York. Provides background information, accident chronology, radiation exposure dose, aftermath and insights about the accident.
Category: Science\Technology\Energy\Nuclear
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Radiation Safety Resources (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.37)
http://www.philrutherford.com/radiationsafety.html
Resources in health physics and radiation safety. Focus on radiation cleanup standards and risk of low level radiation.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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U.S. EPA Radiation Protection Division (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.32)
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/
Information and educational materials. About radiological topics in general, plus EPA's activities in protecting the public and the environment from exposure, cleaning up radioactively contaminated sites, and participating in radiological ...
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Health Physics and Radiological Health
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Microwave News (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.28)
http://www.microwavenews.com/
Microwave News covers the health and safety issues related to exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Includes electromagnetic fields (EMFs) power lines, cellular phones and radar.
Category: Science\Environment\Energy\Electromagnetic Field
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Division of Applied Radiation Chemistry (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.22)
http://mitr.p.lodz.pl/biomat/index.html
Part of the Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Poland. We deal with problems of radiation chemistry, theory of radiation crosslinking and degradation of polymers, polymerisation, fast ...
Category: Science\Chemistry\Academic Departments
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AmphibiaWeb: Declining Amphibian Populations (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.20)
http://www.amphibiaweb.org/aw/declines/ClimateChange.html
Summarizes some of the evidence of climate change around the world. Describes direct effects such as phenology, decline and extinction, and indirect effects such as decreased immune function due to ...
Category: Science\Environment\Global Change\Impacts and Indicators
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CDC's Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.17)
http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring.
Category: Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Toxic Substances
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