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When a duck is not a duck; a new interdisciplinary synthesis for environmental radiation protection

Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: This consensus paper presents the results of a workshop held in Essen, Germany in September 2017, called to examine critically the current approach to radiological environmental protection. The meeting brought together participants from the field of low dose radiobiology and those working in radioecology. Both groups have a common aim of identifying radiation exposures and protecting populations and individuals from harmful effects of ionising radiation exposure, but rarely work closely together. A key question in radiobiology is to understand mechanisms triggered by low doses or dose rates, leading to adverse outcomes of individuals while in radioecology a key objective is to recognise when harm is occurring at the level of the ecosystem. The discussion provided a total of six strategic recommendations which would help to address these questions.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.022
Authors: Carmel Mothersill, Michael Abend, François Bréchignac, George Iliakis, Nathalie Impens, Munira Kadhim, Anders Pape Møller, Deborah Oughton, Gibin Powathil, Eline Saenen, Colin Seymour, Jill Sutcliffe, Fen-Ru Tang, Paul N. Schofield
Institutions: McMaster University, Institut für Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, University of Duisburg-Essen, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Oxford Brookes University, Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Ecologie, Société, Evolution, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Swansea University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute, University of Cambridge
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,880
OpenAlex ID: W2785294643
FWCI: 2.109
Cites: 67
Cited by: 26
Related to: 10