While protecting patients from radiation risks can be a challenge in many parts of Africa, in 2015, the Pan African Congress of Radiology and Imaging launched a campaign called AFROSAFE to ensure all radiation-based medical procedures are necessary and performed safely in Africa. Full Article
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Low dose radiation and health
Researchers find that cancer rates where natural background radiation is higher than average is not as high as we guess. Full Article
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Hillary Clinton backs steelworkers during speech
During her speech to Pennsylvania union leaders, Democrat Hillary Clinton backs steelworkers, referencing an obscure incident involving radiation exposure among workers at Bethlehem Steel. In the 1940s and 1950s, workers at Bethlehem Steel were exposed to radiation rolling uranium rods for nuclear reactors. When these workers later developed cancer, Congress passed a law in 2000 entitling them to compensation if they could show the radiation exposure was the cause of their cancer. Clinton testified before the Presidential Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health in 2006, advocating for workers at the plant to automatically qualify for radiation exposure benefits. Full
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