Labour Research September 2004

Health & Safety Matters

Radiation is deadlier than thought

A government scientific committee has found that the risk of cancer from radiation could be 10 times higher than previously thought, according to a report leaked to the BBC.

The draft report of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters, to be published in October, says the risk of cancer from exposure inside the human body may be much higher than the international safety limits allow.