Environmental health comprises the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, such as radiation, toxic chemicals, and certain biological agents. The ethical frameworks and underpinnings that drive environmental health practice are not always made explicit and in our view require greater attention. We are looking forward to the contributions of colleagues from the whole range of environmental health on the ethical implications of science and technology and on the application of research results in the regulatory and policy domains.
As did its predecessors, the 7th Symposium on the Ethics of Environmental Health will take place in Budweis (České Budějovice), Czech Republic. It will begin with dinner and an introductory lecture on the evening of Sunday, 6 September 2026, and continue with plenary and possibly parallel sessions till Tuesday evening, 8 September 2026.
The symposium will be followed by the first face-to-face meeting of ICRP Task Group 129 “Ethics in the Practice of Radiological Protection” on Wednesday, 9 September 2026.
Programmes and presentations of past symposia are available here: