Radiation - A part of your everyday life

Table of contents

• What is radiation?
• How does radiation affect the human body? 
• Where does radiation come from?
• Radon
• The earth’s crust
• Cosmic radiation
• Food
• Medical examinations
• Other applications of man-made radiation
• Authorities and legislation

27 pages

Radiation - A part of your everyday life

Versions

Version 1: The publication replaces ‘Ionising Radiation - Exposure Pathways in Denmark' from 2019. This is primarily a graphical update of the publication.

Danish version

Translated from:

Stråling – en del af din hverdag. Information om ioniserende stråling