HICARE Symposium "Understanding Present Conditions regarding Radiation and Radiation Exposure

HICARE Symposium-"Understanding Present Conditions regarding Radiation and Radiation Exposure”

HICARE recently held the above lecture as one of its Public Relations and Educational Activities.

Date:
February 9, 2005 (Wed.) 18:00-20:00

Place:
Hiroshima YMCA Hall

Organizer:
Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-Exposed (HICARE)

Number of Attendees:
About 80 people

Photograph from the Symposium

Theme:
“Understanding Present Conditions regarding Radiation and Radiation Exposure"

Around us everyday there are various kinds of equipment (medical scanners, etc.) which utilize radiation. Most of us, in fact, have little knowledge regarding natural radiation even in our immediate environment, radiation emitted everyday by the earth and from the distant cosmos.

Furthermore, there are also patients worldwide who suffer from medical conditions caused by radiation from nuclear experiments and/or accidents at nuclear power facilities.

By learning about these issues, this symposium aims to further promote recognizing the importance of treating those who suffer from radiation exposure, as well as to further general knowledge within the Prefecture regarding HICARE’s international activities.

Program:

Dr. Satoru ENDO
Associate Professor at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine

Theme of Lecture: “Radiation Around Us”

A presentation regarding radiation that surrounds us daily: What is Radiation? How does it affect the human body? How, and by what units, is it measured? A basic lecture designed to increase general knowledge

Dr. Masaharu HOSHI
Professor at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine

Theme of Lecture: “The Truth about Radiation Exposure”

Facts regarding accidents due to the mishandling of radioactive materials, atomic tests, etc., as well as the subsequent consequences of significant radiation exposure to the human body

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