[ RadSafe ] Keith Baverstock Article

[Roger Helbig]

Keith Baverstock is mentioned in this article about IAEA muzzling WHO on
matters of nuclear radiation in the Guardian -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/28/who-nuclear-power-chernobyl

Toxic link: the WHO and the IAEA

A 50-year-old agreement with the IAEA has effectively gagged the WHO from
telling the truth about the health risks of radiation

by Oliver Tickell
Does anyone have a copy of this article that they could share?    What about
personal recollections of Keith Baverstock and his role in the World Health
Organization?  Baverstock is often cited as a "whistleblower" for depleted
uranium and has having been fired from WHO because he refused to allow a
coverup of his findings.  I would like to know if he ever actually was a
respected scientist.

Thanks.

Roger Helbig

Science, Politics and Ethics in the Low Dose Debate
 *Author:* Keith Baverstock a
  *Affiliation: *  a University of Kuopio, Finland
*DOI:* 10.1080/13623690500073380
*Publication Frequency:* 4 issues per year
*Published in:* [image: journal] Medicine, Conflict and
Survival<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713673482>,
Volume 21<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713673482~tab=issueslist~branches=21#v21>,
Issue 2 <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g714004324>April
2005 , pages 88 - 100
*Subjects:* War & Conflict
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*Number of References:* 22
*Formats available:* HTML (English) : PDF (English)
 *Previously published as:* Journal of the Medical Association for
Prevention of War (0265-2196) until 1985
*Previously published as:* Medicine and War (0748-8009) until 1996
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   Abstract The roles of science, ethics and politics are identified in
respect of the risks of exposure to low-dose radiation. Two case studies,
the epidemiology of the United Kingdom nuclear test veterans and the risks
to civilians associated with the military use of depleted uranium, are
considered in the context of their ethical framing, scientific evaluation
and political resolution. Two important issues for the present and future,
the safe management of UK radioactive waste and the future of nuclear power,
in which the science of low dose effects will be crucial and where the
ethical issues are much more complex, are introduced. Specific consideration
is given to the potential hereditary effects of ionising radiation in
relation to the current state of radiobiological knowledge. It is concluded
that for science to be useful in public health policy making there needs to
be some reform from within the profession and the political imperative for
freely independent scientific institutions.
 *Keywords: *Depleted uranium; Ethics; Genomic instability; Nuclear power;
Nuclear weapons tests; Politics; Radiation risks; Radioactive waste; Science