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NASA Should Update Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits, Improve Communication of Cancer Risks

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
SpaceNews

Report: NASA Should Update Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits

To protect astronauts from cancer-causing radiation in space, NASA should proceed with proposals to set a universal career-long radiation dose limit of ~600 millisieverts (mSv), says a new report from ...

Exposed: How the FAA fails to protect flight crews from cosmic radiation exposure in the skies

An investigation by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and Scripps News reveals how the ...
Medical Xpress

First toxicity-based exposure limits proposed for indoor airborne fungi

Microbial contaminants like airborne bacteria and fungi can make up more than a third of indoor air pollution. Yet, while many countries regulate chemical pollutants, most have no legally binding ...
EHS Today

MSHA Reduces Asbestos Exposure Limit

MSHA published a final rule raising protections for miners exposed to asbestos at metal, nonmetal and underground coal mines, stipulating it will reduce the asbestos exposure limit by 95 percent. The ...