Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards

CRCE provides advice, research and services to protect the public from hazards resulting from exposure to chemicals and poisons, radiation both ionising and non-ionising and ultrasound and infrasound.  The Centre also leads for the Agency on public health effects of climate change and extreme environmental events  such as flooding.

The Centre's headquarters are at Chilton, Oxfordshire.  There are also specialist radiation centres at Leeds and Glasgow and specialist chemical centres in Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Nottingham.

CRCE also commissions the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) which provide 24/7 advice on treatments and poisonings.

Our functions are to advance knowledge about protection, provide laboratory and technical services, run training courses, provide expert information and advise government and other bodies as appropriate.

• Extreme Events and Health Protection Section (EEHPS)
  The EEHPS collates relevant information from within the HPA and from national and international partners, and provides relevant up-to-date evidence based information to support the development of planning for extreme events.
  Added/updated: 17 March 2011
  
• Quality Assurance Statement for the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE)
  The CRCE undertakes its major functions of providing advice on the effects of radiological and chemical hazards on human health, carrying out supporting research and providing services and advice to the highest standards using appropriate quality assurance programmes.
  Added/updated: 13 August 2009