informative links

Safety in the use of X-rays

Safety when handling radioactive substances in the laboratory:

Informative links:

• Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) with details of its branch offices and information on current topics in the field of radiation protection (including UV radiation and EMF) and environmental radioactivity
• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
• German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK)
  Information on the history of the SSK, its composition and its tasks. Detailed presentation of the main areas of consultation in recent years and a compilation of the results of consultations since 1975 (some full text). Detailed information on the publications of the SSK.
• Helmholtz Centre Munich German Research Centre for Health and Environmental Protection
• Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU)
• Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg
  with information on current topics and extensive lists of links on the topics of radiation protection and radioactivity
• Fachverband für Strahlenschutz (FS)
  with detailed information and publications (some full text) on current radiation protection topics and on the FS working groups and conferences
• German Society for Nuclear Medicine e.V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Physik e.V. (DGMP)
  including a collection of links to current laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.
• German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg
  Detailed presentation of the tasks, objectives and research focus. Information on the topic of cancer, including access to a selection of statistics, texts, cartographic representations, graphics and tables from the Cancer Atlasof the Federal Republic of Germany.