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Health Effects of Low Level Radiation: When will we acknowledge the reality?

June 11, 2006 By Rod Adams

Health Effects of Low Level Radiation: When will we acknowledge the reality?

Filed Under: Atomic Insights 2006, Guest Columns, Health Effects

Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski – CHERNOBYL: THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

May 9, 2006 By Rod Adams

Zbigniew Jaworowski (Professor Emeritus of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw Poland) has written an excellent column titled Chernobyl: The Fear of the Unknown? It was commissioned by a group that received the draft from Dr. Jaworowski in February, 2006 and then took so long to review it that they missed the deadlines imposed […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Guest Columns, Health Effects

Atomic Guests: CHERNOBYL: THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

May 2, 2006 By Rod Adams

””This column was written by Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski (Professor Emeritus of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Warsaw Poland). It was commissioned by a group that received the draft in February and then took so long to review it that they missed the deadlines imposed by traditional media outlets for publication during the “attention period” […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Guest Columns, Health Effects

A Report on the RSH Symposium on the Medical Benefits of Low Dose Radiation

November 15, 2000 By Rod Adams

Reprinted with permission of the author by Dr. Jerry Cuttler, Cuttler and Associates A symposium on this subject was held in Washington, November 15, near the ANS/ENS Winter Meeting. It was sponsored by Radiation, Science and Health (RSH), an international non-profit organization, and the Center for Nuclear Technology and Society at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), […]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Health Effects

Chernobyl Accident: Advice and Sources

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

Here is our best advice in case of a reactor accident that releases large amounts of radioactive material. If there is evidence of increased radioactivity in the air, stay indoors and breath filtered air. Forced evacuations make taking this action far more difficult. It is worth the effort to take sensible precautions against inhaling or […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Health Effects

Chernobyl Health Effects: Best Available Data

April 1, 1996 By Rod Adams

Therefore, the immediate death toll from the accident was 31. Since the accident, 11 more deaths – possibly caused by radiation – have occurred among the population of highly exposed people, bringing the death toll to 42.The health effects of the accident at Chernobyl have been the subject of numerous intensive studies. Here are the […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Atomic Insights April 1996, Health Effects

Long Term Exposure: Health Studies of Nuclear Pros

May 1, 1995 By Rod Adams

Large populations of people have been exposed to carefully measured quantities of radiation in their professional work with nuclear power plant systems. These long term exposures to low level radiation offer a unique opportunity to determine what risk, if any, this new industry has added to the general level of risk in people’s daily lives. […]

Filed Under: Atomic Insights May 1995, Health Effects

Learning from the Past: Lesson from Hiroshima and Nagasaki

May 1, 1995 By Rod Adams

Following the end of World War II, an extensive study was performed on the survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The study involved 91,230 people; 37,173 of whom were far enough from the explosion that they received virtually no radiation. This group served as the control group because their living environment […]

Filed Under: Atomic Insights May 1995, Health Effects

Letter from the Editor: Exaggerated Truths are Falsehoods

May 1, 1995 By Rod Adams

The dose makes the poison. Almost anything can be a poison or health hazard if the dose is high enough. Most people are aware of this idea and use it in their daily decision making. Unfortunately, people do not often question just what constitutes a small, harmless dose and what constitutes a poisonous dose. Over […]

Filed Under: Atomic Insights May 1995, Health Effects

How Deadly is Plutonium?

May 1, 1995 By Rod Adams

Rarely is the word “plutonium” published in a major news source without the adjective “deadly” nearby. Ralph Nader, noted activist and lawyer, once claimed that plutonium was “the most toxic substance known to mankind.” Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent each year in the United States doing studies of the characteristics of a […]

Filed Under: Atomic Insights May 1995, Health Effects

Constant Exposure: How Much Radiation is Normal?

May 1, 1995 By Rod Adams

Everyone on earth is continually exposed to radiation. It comes from the certain isotopes of carbon and potassium in the food we eat, from cosmic radiation, from radon gas and from the decay of naturally occurring uranium, thorium and their decay products. Radiation: A Part of Daily Life There is a wide variation in the […]

Filed Under: Atomic Insights May 1995, Health Effects

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