After the recent retiring of the civil defense logo, the UN has decided to introduce a new supplementary radiation warning logo, which I can only describe as "radiation warning FOR DUMMIES":
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</center><blockquote>With radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person, a new ionizing radiation warning symbol is being introduced to supplement the traditional international symbol for radiation, the three cornered trefoil.
The new symbol is being launched today by the IAEA and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to help reduce needless deaths and serious injuries from accidental exposure to large radioactive sources. It will serve as a supplementary warning to the trefoil, which has no intuitive meaning and little recognition beyond those educated in its significance.</blockquote>Still, it's almost Fallout-style dark irony that after 50 years and great strides in human development, "duck and cover" has been replaced by "run away".
Link: New Symbol Launched to Warn Public About Radiation Dangers on IAEA
Thanks, Killian.
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The new symbol is being launched today by the IAEA and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to help reduce needless deaths and serious injuries from accidental exposure to large radioactive sources. It will serve as a supplementary warning to the trefoil, which has no intuitive meaning and little recognition beyond those educated in its significance.</blockquote>Still, it's almost Fallout-style dark irony that after 50 years and great strides in human development, "duck and cover" has been replaced by "run away".
Link: New Symbol Launched to Warn Public About Radiation Dangers on IAEA
Thanks, Killian.