[Comment] Ionising radiation and cancer: a UN review of the recent epidemiological evidence
Summary
In 2019, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), whose mandate is to undertake scientific evaluations of the sources, effects, and risk of ionising radiation,1–3 convened a group of experts to review the latest epidemiological evidence on radiation and cancer risk. The updated report focuses on low-level radiation exposures; it has recently been approved and will be published in 202…
In 2019, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), whose mandate is to undertake scientific evaluations of the sources, effects, and risk of ionising radiation,1–3 convened a group of experts to review the latest epidemiological evidence on radiation and cancer risk. The updated report focuses on low-level radiation exposures; it has recently been approved and will be published in 2026.4