Radiation Health Research Act

Key Points

• This bill tells the National Institutes of Health to start a new research program. The goal is to understand how nuclear radiation affects the health of women and girls over many years.
• Researchers would focus on specific groups including pregnant women and young girls. They would follow the health of people in the study for at least 10 years to see how radiation impacts them as they grow and age.
• The program would require different government agencies to work together and share their findings. All personal health information for the people participating in the study would be kept private and confidential.
• Every year, the government would have to give a report to Congress. This report would include a summary of what they learned and a national plan to help protect women from radiation risks through public education.

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