[ RadSafe ] More Fed agency promulgation of radiophobia

[Muckerheide, James]

Friends,

 

Here is report of more Federal bureaucracy fostering public fear of
radiation.  This requires the BEIR VII report to claim that any small amount
of radiation has adverse health effects, by misrepresenting data, and
suppressing contradictory data. 

 

Our responsible industry and government authorities need to develop and
establish the institutional basis to question these results.  (It was
disheartening to see Homeland Security abandon its conclusions on protecting
the public based on radiation health effects evidence to 'guidance' from EPA,
NCRP et al., including FDA and as here, ATSDR.)

 

Obviously, no credible "science" or scientists influence these results! 

 

(Note: I am an Idaho Hanford 'downwinder' - Moscow, 1946-49 :-) 

 

Regards, Jim Muckerheide

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BoiseWeekly: Lesson One: Don't Say "Fallout Shmallout"
 
[BoiseWeekly]       
 
AUGUST 24, 2005
 
BY NICHOLAS COLLIAS
 
Last year, Idaho leapt to the forefront of the debate over
whether the federal government should compensate former victims
of nuclear fallout from radioactive tests and emissions (BW,
"The Low Use Segment," November 17, 2004). And while the
government has still not accepted full responsibility-at least
by way of compensation-in heavily effected states like Idaho,
Wyoming and Washington, at least it's trying to help doctors
deal with its mess. 
 
The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has just
released a new video instructing doctors on how to combat the
mental, as well as physical, ailments expressed by nuclear
downwinders. Titled Hanford: The Psychological Dimensions of
Radiation Exposure, the 30-minute video concedes that large
radioactive releases did occur throughout the US-and that
patients and doctors alike struggle against the vagueness of
what, exactly, resulted from that exposure. 
 
"Both the doctor and the patient are grappling with the unknown
here," says Dr. Pam Tucker of the, ATSDR in the video. "You have
an exposure that may lead to a health effect, and may not lead
to a health effect." 
 
Recent studies at Chernobyl and the Marshall Islands have shown
that exposure to radioactive iodine leads to an increased risk
of developing thyroid diseases. Idaho has a unique history of
being double-dosed with radiation, both from Hanford and from
nuclear test explosions at the Nevada Test Site, making the
video essential viewing for doctors and downwinders statewide.
To watch it, visit http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
 
 

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