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Radiation Emergencies

If a radiation emergency occurs, you can take actions to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your pets.

Radiation and Your Health

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Radiation can affect the body in a number of ways, and the adverse health effects of exposure may not be apparent for many years.

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NEW! Myths of Radiation: Communicating in Radiation Emergencies
Communication in Radiation Emergencies: Myths of Radiation is a new training that discusses common radiation myths and identifies communications strategies to dispel them.

Use of Environmental Monitoring Data to Support Public Health Decision Making in Radiation Emergencies is a panel discussion focused on identifying federal resources available to respond to radiation emergencies, discussing the response timeline, and describing the types of information and data products that will be available to responders and decision makers.

Educational Videos
Protective Actions, Pharmaceutical Countermeasures, and Health Effects.

A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency (February 2015) has been developed to assist with planning and response efforts related to shelter operations in a radiation emergency. This guide is the result of a multiagency collaboration exploring the unique challenges radiation emergencies pose for shelter operations.

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