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|style="width: 45%; vertical-align:top;" | '''''[[ICRP Publication 103]]'' paragraph 29'''

<blockquote>The Commission’s system of radiological protection aims primarily to protect human health. Its health objectives are relatively straightforward: to manage and control exposures to ionising radiation so that deterministic effects are prevented, and the risks of stochastic effects are reduced to the extent reasonably achievable. </blockquote>

<blockquote>Most adverse health effects of radiation exposure may be grouped in two general categories:

*deterministic effects (harmful tissue reactions) due in large part to the killing/ malfunction of cells following high doses; and

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<blockquote>... The Commission’s aim is now that of preventing or reducing the frequency of deleterious radiation effects to a level where they would have a negligible impact on the maintenance of biological diversity, the conservation of species, or the health and status of natural habitats, communities and ecosystems. In achieving this aim, however, the Commission recognises that exposure to radiation is but one factor to consider, and is often likely to be a minor one ... </blockquote>

<blockquote>... The biological endpoints of most relevance are therefore those that could lead to changes in population size or structure. Nevertheless, radiation affects individuals, and most available data on the effects of radiation relate to individuals rather than populations.