U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR): Radiation Risk Communica

Through its Federal Guidance authority, EPA is responsible for providing guidance to all Federal health care facilities on radiation protection standards and practices.

The WHO is using funds from EPA/ORIA/RPD to develop an educational tool for medical professionals in an effort to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from pediatric imaging.

The advent of improved digital imaging techniques such as computed tomography have been accompanied by a dramatic rise in medical doses to the public.