The Central Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants (CSIF) celebrated that the Nuclear Safety Council has excluded the ionizing radiological risk for workers in the laboratory area of the University Hospital of Toledo (HUT) after measurements carried out last time. … November 25, but it is necessary, according to him, to continue carrying out tests to continue to exclude possible causes of the poisoning from which workers continue to suffer.
In this sense, according to the union in a press release, it is important to emphasize that the report published by the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) refers specifically to exposure to ionizing radiation and does not provide information on non-ionizing radiation (such as electromagnetic fields, radio frequencies or lasers), which must be evaluated by specialized companies.
Non-ionizing radiation is low-frequency energy capable of passing through concrete and interacting with chemical gases causing biological effects at the cellular level. It is a cumulative risk for the health and safety of workers which must be analyzed. Non-ionizing radiation in hospitals includes that used in MRI, ultrasound (ultrasound), laser (surgery), and ultraviolet (UV) light (sterilization).
The CSIF welcomes the fact that the risk of ionizing radiation, the most dangerous, has been ruled out “but it is necessary to continue the tests until the source which causes the poisoning is reached”. “It is a reality that workers continue to fall ill, more than 600 incident reports have already been reported by almost a hundred different workers,” explains Victoria Gutiérrez, director of CSIF Sanidad Toledo.
Likewise, according to the actions reflected in the CSN inspection report, according to the CSIF, no assessment has been carried out of ionizing gamma radiation, which also has great penetrating power capable of passing through dense materials such as the human body or concrete. It is also important to check whether there is specific equipment in the HUT generating this type of radiation, and if so, measurements should be carried out.
“We will continue to demand all necessary evidence. It is not for nothing that, since the first symptoms appeared in November 2024, workers continue to suffer from dizziness, intense headaches, vomiting, respiratory and skin irritations, eye ulcers, sudden nosebleeds, thyroid disorders or alterations in parameters related to bone marrow or iron deficiency, among other problems,” concludes Gutiérrez.
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