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1. The Committee notes from the Government's latest report that medicine and dentistry are the only activities in Bermuda in which occupational exposure to ionising radiation occurs. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information in its future reports on any development of new activities involving the exposure to ionising radiations and on the measures taken to regulate such activities, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, and Article 3, of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the application of this Convention is ensured by Environmental Health Inspectors appointed by the Ministry of Health. The Government is requested to provide detailed information in its next report on the powers and duties of the Environmental Health Inspectors with regard to the application of the Radiation Act of 1972 and to provide information on the qualification and training of these inspectors as requested under point III of the report form.

3. The Committee would call the Government's attention to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits established on the basis of new physiological findings by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60). The Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1 and Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Government is requested to indicate the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation.