LOW-DOSE RADIATION: Interagency Collaboration on Planning Research Could Improve Information on Health Effects.

RADIATION exposure; PUBLIC health research; NEUMANN, John; INTERAGENCY coordination; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation; RADIATION; GOVERNMENT aid to research; UNITED States. Dept. of Energy; GOVERNMENT policy

The article presents the statement of John Neumann, director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Natural Resources and Environment, on low-dose radiation research and interagency collaboration which could improve health impact information. Topics include requirements and guidance for protection of workers from radiation exposure, leadership of the Department of Energy (DOE) in research projects, and research funding.