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We hope we can help you with our trademark good science in plain language®. We have created this website with you in mind and added new content and new functions.
For example, you can now register and pay online for our professional certificate courses and for some other standard services. You can contact us directly with any enquiry, subscribe for email updates, find news on our latest initiatives and events and access a wide variety of authoritative sources on radiation safety.
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The home radon testing season is drawing to a close
Radon is an invisible, odourless, naturally occurring radioactive gas. It can enter homes,
schools and other buildings through foundation cracks and long-term exposure may lead to lung cancer.
If you order a test kit today, the majority of the long-term test period would fall outside of the heating season. It is strongly recommended that you wait until the fall to test your home for radon.
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Upcoming Professional Courses
The Institute offers a range of training programs designed to ensure that your workplace is in compliance with Canadian law and regulations.
Our best-in-class publicly scheduled Radiation Safety Officer (RSO 1,2) and X-Ray Safety Officer (XSO) courses are offered throughout the year.
Our next scheduled courses are:
Airport screening and backscatter x-ray scanners – should you be concerned?
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. This has led to concerns in the public about potential health effects, but is there any reason to be concerned about radiation exposure?
Protecting your family from radon gas
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, radon exposure is a leading cause of lung cancer – second only to smoking.
Ontario Lung Association warns of radon risks
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.
Radiation Safety Institute Promotes Radon Awareness at Fall Home Show
For most of the homeowners and would-be do-it-yourself-ers attending the 2009 Fall Home Show in Toronto, the issue of radon in the home came as something of a revelation.
WHO slashes radon limit in homes, cites lung cancer risks
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.
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