Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Opinion
  • Published:

Hard battles on radiation safety

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has been the unaccustomed target of public criticism for several months. The critics are wrong, but the commission needs to mend its ways.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hard battles on radiation safety. Nature 329, 185–186 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/329185a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/329185a0

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing