The watch industry formerly used radioactive radium for the production of luminous paint. It contaminated factories and home workshops and often ended up in normal landfill sites with household waste. The Swiss Federal Council enacted the Radium Action Plan to tackle the radium problem. On behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), we evaluated the plan’s implementation and success and formulated recommendations for future services of the Federal Office for the Environment FOPH to deal with radium contamination.

Our services

• Defining the evaluation concept in accordance with the FOPH's evaluation management
• Conducting two online surveys of those affected and of the cantons and municipalities involved; conducting interviews and providing document and data analysis
• Conducting a final workshop with the action plan steering committee and evaluation support group
• Drafting a comprehensive evaluation report