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Protecting People & the Environment
EPA has been protecting people and the environment from avoidable, harmful exposure to radiation since it was formed in 1970.
EPA and Radiation Protection
- Basic Information EPA's Radiation Protection Program
- Monitoring the Environment
- Assessing Radiation Risks
- Setting Radiation Protection Standards
History of Radiation Protection and Radiation Protection at EPA
- Radiation Protection: An Historical Perspective
- Radiation Protection at EPA: the First 30 Years (PDF) (84 pp, 1,206K About PDF)
- Poster (PDF) (1 pg, 86K About PDF)
- History of Radiological Emergency Response
You and Radiation: What You Can Do
- Calculate your dose
- Learn radiation protection basics
- Learn about radon and test your home for radon.
- Become aware of radiation sources around you.
- Protect yourself from the sun.
- Read up on Radiation
- Understanding Radiation
- Radiation: Risk and Realities (PDF) (17 pp, 1.74MB About PDF) [EPA 402-k-10-008]
This booklet describes the risks and benefits of ionizing radiation.
