A skull and crossbones, a running person and radiating ionizing waves, all on a deep red triangle, joined other more common warning symbols today as part of a United Nations effort to reduce ...

"The new ionizing radiation warning symbol (ISO 21482) is the latest successful result of long-standing cooperation between the IAEA and ISO. We encourage the symbol´s rapid adoption by the ...

There is no better way to convey danger than the biological hazard symbol.Its ascent to the top of the warning-symbol heap has been relatively swift. Though the skull and crossbones has been ...

To determine which symbol would better convey the radiation risk to the public, the IAEA conducted a survey covering 11 countries in different parts of the world. The result was the ...

After that trial, the skull and crossbones permeated culture as a symbol of danger. By the late 1800s, it was being used as a symbol for poison. Then in the 1940s, the Nazis adopted it for their ...