Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment
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The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) is a UK-wide advisory committee set up by the British government. It was established in 1985.
The terms of reference of COMARE are:
COMARE has produced fourteen reports on a wide range of radiation issues by 2011.
The COMARE secretariat is provided by the Health Protection Agency
's Radiation Protection Division, formerly the National Radiological Protection Board
.
and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
asked COMARE to review the risks from internal radiation emitters and advise on any further research required. To help them to do this they have set up the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE) which operated between October 2001 and October 2004.
The terms of reference of COMARE are:
- "to assess and advise Government and the devolved authorities on the health effects of natural and man-made radiation and to assess the adequacy of the available data and the need for further research".
COMARE has produced fourteen reports on a wide range of radiation issues by 2011.
The COMARE secretariat is provided by the Health Protection Agency
Health Protection Agency
The Health Protection Agency, or, in Welsh, Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd is a statutory corporation. It is an independent UK organisation that was set up by the government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards...
's Radiation Protection Division, formerly the National Radiological Protection Board
National Radiological Protection Board
The National Radiological Protection Board was a public authority in the UK created by the Radiological Protection Act 1970. Its statutory functions were to conduct research on radiological protection and provide advice and information on the subject to Government Departments and others. It was...
.
CERRIE
The Department of HealthDepartment of Health (United Kingdom)
The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,...
and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
asked COMARE to review the risks from internal radiation emitters and advise on any further research required. To help them to do this they have set up the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE) which operated between October 2001 and October 2004.