Various consumer products such as smoke detectors, high intensity discharge lamps, and artificial gemstones contain small amounts of radioactive material. Such products are available in commercial outlets worldwide and can also be bought over the Internet — and their safety is of utmost importance to regulators.
The IAEA’s ‘Radiation Safety for Consumer Products’, issued today, contains guidance for national regulatory bodies and suppliers to ensure the safety of consumer products containing small quantities of radionuclides.
“Once sold to the public, it is virtually impossible to control the use and disposal of these consumer products,” said Miroslav Pinak, Head of the IAEA Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section. “Hence, before the regulatory body authorizes their manufacture, it needs to confirm that the radiation doses will be sufficiently low so as to comply with international standards and norms for protection of the public.”
The role of the regulatory bodies is to ensure that any products for sale to the public that contain small amounts of radioactive material are fundamentally safe.
Read more: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/radiation-safety-consumer-products-new-iaea-safety-guide
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