[ RadSafe ] The coming cancer BENEFIT/cost from Fukushma ionizing radiation

[Howard Long]

Dear Christina,
Merry Christmas and peace, as your name impies.

As an epidemiologist and board member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, I have studied extensively the effects of ionizing radiation for 2 decades.
I am happy to reassure you that the rate of cancer in areas with increased radiation in Japan will be measurably LESS.

Please look at 
1, the recent post on Radsafe of the UCBerkeley study, 
2, B Cohen's radon study, 
3, Cameron's review of Nuclear Shipyard Workers (.76 total mortality rate where extra 5 cSv!),
etc.
Howard Long MD MPH


On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:50 AM, John R Johnson <idias at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:

> Christina
> 
> There is no way that we could know that "there were zero cancers as a result of Three Mile Island". Has there been "no cancers" in that region of the world since it occured?
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Helbig
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 3:18 AM
> To: RADSAFE
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] The coming cancer cost from Fukushma ionising radiationaccording to Gundersen
> 
> Gundersen really has a knack for outdoing Busby or maybe just channels
> him - he certainly peddles hype and hysteria with considerable aplomb
> - amazing since there were zero cancers as a result of Three Mile
> Island - is that not correct?
> 
> The coming cancer cost from Fukushma ionising radiation
> 
> by Christina MacPherson ( christinamacpherson at gmail.com )
> 
> Nuclear Expert: 1,000,000 cancers from Fukushima in Japan over next 20
> years  ENE News — First thyroid, then lung, organ, brain, leukemia
> (VIDEO)  Title: Fukushima – Total Cost
> http://enenews.com/nuclear-expert-forecasts-1000000-cancers-from-fukushima-in-japan-first-thyroid-then-lung-organ-brain-leukemia-vide0
> Dec 21, 2011
> 
> Description: Arnie Gundersen of Fairwinds Associates (a leading
> nuclear expert) and Warren Pollock (http://www.wepollock.com )
> redefine the Fukushima nuclear incidents (meltdowns and explosions) in
> terms of human and total cost. [...]
> 
> I think the 20 year cost from Fukushima will be about one million cancers
> 
> Based on Three Mile Island studies
> About a 20% increase in lung cancer 3-5 years after TMI
> And that was small compared to Fukushima
> And in a much lower population density
> First thyroid cancer
> Then lung cancer
> Then organ cancer, leukemia, brain cancer, things like that
> 
> Christina MacPherson | December 23, 2011 at 8:09 am | Categories:
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