Radiation
Radiation refers to the wide range of energy types that form the electromagnetic spectrum. High energy radiation is ionising (splits charged particles from atoms to produce ions) and lower energy radiation is non-ionising.
Click here to access pdf of the Government of Ireland National Plan for Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Exposures on the EPA publications webpage
Information, Data and Reports for
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Environment and Health
- Air Quality
- Bathing Water and Health
- Carbon Monoxide
- Climate Change
- Energy and Health
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Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Guidance and other Resources
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Heatwaves - Health Impacts
- Covid-19 & Heatstroke
- Heatwave Advice - Children
- Air pollution from wildfires
- Dehydration
- Heatwave Health Advice
- Heatwave Advice - Older Adults
- Heatwave Advice - Older Persons Services
- Heatwave Advice - Outdoor Workers
- Indoor Temperature Control
- Sun and outdoor safety
- Preventing sunburn in children
- Causes and prevention -Skin cancer (melanoma)
- Investigation of possible waterborne disease
- Water Safety
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Heatwaves - Health Impacts
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Extreme weather events
- Flooding
- Air Quality
- Carbon Monoxide
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Key messages for staying safe during cold weather
- Cold Weather Advice for the General Public
- Air Quality and Safe Room Ventilation During Cold Weather
- Cold Weather Advice for Older People and their Families and Neighbours
- Cold Weather Advice for Parents and Caregivers: Tips to Keep your Children Warm this Winter
- Cold Weather Advice for People with Specific Medical Conditions
- Cold Weather Advice for Health and Care Professionals
- Useful Links and Resources
- Frostbite and Hypothermia
- Heat related hazards
- Public Health advice for severe storms
- PHMEHG Submissions
- Noise: Environmental Noise Guidelines
- Radon and health
- Radiation
- PHMEHG position papers
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.