ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Provision of education and research information only – always seek professional advice

This web site is presented by ARPANSA for the purpose of disseminating regulatory information and information on radiation and health free of charge for the benefit of the public. This web site is not a substitute for independent professional advice. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used as medical advice and it is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, nor should it be used for therapeutic purposes or as a substitute for your own health professional's advice. ARPANSA does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information.

Quality of information – always check the information

ARPANSA makes every effort to ensure the quality of the information available on this web site and updates the information regularly. Before relying on the information on this site, however, users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. ARPANSA can not guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.

Links to external web sites

This web site contains links to other web sites which are external to ARPANSA. ARPANSA takes reasonable care in selecting linking web sites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external web sites.

Linkage to external web sites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation of any third party products or services offered by virtue of any information, material or content linked from or to this site. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit.

Views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily reflect those of the Commonwealth.

Security of the ARPANSA web site

ARPANSA applies a range of security controls to protect its web site from unauthorised access. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

The Australian Government accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this web site or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.

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Email addresses on the ARPANSA web site

The presence of email addresses on the ARPANSA web site does not infer consent to send unsolicited commercial electronic messages (email) to those addresses.

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