Our Partners
In 1998, the Government of Ontario named the Radiation Safety Institute as an independent, outside partner in Ontario’s re-organized occupational health and safety system. The Ontario government took this action because it recognized the increasing need for radiation safety in Ontario workplaces of every kind.
Since then, the Radiation Safety Institute has entered into formal relationships for the promotion of workplace radiation safety with the following provincial organizations:
Education Safety Association of Ontario (ESAO)
Electrical and Utilities Safety Association (E&USA)
Ontario Safety Association for Community Healthcare (OSACH)
Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)
Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL)
Workers Health and Safety Centre (WHSC)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
The Radiation Safety Institute has also entered into a formal relationship with Canada’s national centre for occupational health and safety:
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Purpose
Radiation safety is a specialized area for which most organizations are not equipped.
The Radiation Safety Institute makes its specialized resources available to all of these partners, so that they can assist their clients with impartial information and other services on workplace radiation issues.
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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