[ RadSafe ] Nonsence Claim: by Mangano: RE: 14, 000 US Deaths Linked to Radiation Leaks at Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan

[Stewart Farber]

Hi Steven, 
Why do you doubt the so-called "study" by Mangano claiming a nonsensical
4.6% increase in death rates from trivial rad doses in the US was "peer
reviewed". I think it was reviewed by a group of Mangano's peers: Caldicott,
Busby, Wasserman, Sternglass, and a few others.  

I'm reminded of the scene in the movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart
and Ingrid Bergman.
The French police chief Captain Renault says: "Major Strasser has been shot.
Round up the usual suspects."

In the present situation what pertains:  

"A nonsensical claim has been made about trivial radiation exposure health
effects. Round up the usual suspects."

Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
====================


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Dapra
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 7:43 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] 14, 000 US Deaths Linked to Radiation Leaks at
Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor in Japan

Dec. 19

         I read the linked article.  The author has cleverly 
refrained from linking to the alleged "new peer-reviewed study."

         Probably an accidental oversight.  Har, har, har, . . . .

Steven Dapra


At 05:15 PM 12/19/2011, you wrote:

>" Findings are important to the current debate of whether to build new
>reactors, and how long to keep aging ones in operation," said
>Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano, MPH MBA. Researchers found that the death
>rates in the 14 weeks following the radiation's arrival in the United
>States rose 4.46 percent compared to the same time period in 2010."
>
>
>http://j.mp/uVc0hE
>
>If true, I guess that acute death after a chest x-ray must be quite
>common.
>
>... a new peer-reviewed study blames elevated levels of radiation for
>14,000 deaths in the United States - and researchers involved in the
>study are still wondering how far the death toll will climb. They hope
>this startling discovery will show nations worldwide that the risk of
>radiation poisoning is not limited to the community immediately
>surrounding the site of the disaster.
>Now researchers say that there could be 4,000 additional deaths due to
>the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster - the worst nuclear
>disaster since Chernobyl - and infants are the demographic most
>affected. With their rapidly multiplying cells and growth spurts,
>infants are extremely susceptible to radiation poisoning. "Based on our
>continuing research, the actual death count here may be as high as
>18,000, with influenza and pneumonia, which were up five-fold in the
>period in question as a cause of death. Deaths are seen across all ages,
>but we continue to find that infants are hardest hit because their
>tissues are rapidly multiplying, they have undeveloped immune systems,
>and the doses of radioisotopes are proportionally greater than for
>adults," said Internist and toxicologist Janette Sherman, MD.
>Prior to this peer-reviewed study, no studies on the effect of the
>radiation leaks at Fukushima Daiichi have been made public. "This study
>of Fukushima health hazards is the first to be published in a scientific
>journal. It raises concerns, and strongly suggests that health studies
>continue, to understand the true impact of Fukushima in Japan and around
>the world. Findings are important to the current debate of whether to
>build new reactors, and how long to keep aging ones in operation," said
>Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano, MPH MBA. Researchers found that the death
>rates in the 14 weeks following the radiation's arrival in the United
>States rose 4.46 percent compared to the same time period in 2010.
>
>
>I guess my time on this earth is now limited -- having just spent half
>an hour in our lab, I probably received at least 0.5 mrem which is
>likely orders of magnitude higher than any received in the US from
>Fukushima...
>
>Farewell,
>Cary
>
>---
>Cary Renquist
>crenquist at isotopeproducts.com or cary.renquist at ezag.com


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