How does COMARE work?
Issues are placed before COMARE by UK Government Departments, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly or the Northern Ireland Office. Generally, such referrals arise because there is concern over health effects that might possibly be attributed to radiation. COMARE is an independent expert advisory committee with members chosen for their medical and scientific expertise. The committee offers independent medical and scientific advice on the health effects of ionising and non-ionising radiation in the environment, whether natural or man-made. The secretariat is provided by medical, scientific and administrative staff of the Health Protection Agency’s Radiation Protection Division (HPA-RPD), formerly NRPB, who are expert in their own fields. It is the secretariat’s responsibility to provide the committee with data relevant to the topic under discussion. Both COMARE and HPA-RPD have access to a very large variety of sources of information including industry, Government Departments, gre
