[ RadSafe ] Supposed Courage of Margaret Chan WHODirectorGeneral, on ionising radiation

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

And your experience supports the statistical finding that there is one in every crowd.

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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Supposed Courage of Margaret Chan WHODirectorGeneral, on ionising radiation

So the WHO Director says that all radiation exposure is unsafe-- and we are all exposed to background radiation, so it seems we are doomed.
In a college lecture I gave some years ago, I asserted that the human death rate was exactly one per person (HDR=1.0/person). In response, a student informed me that of all the human beings who were ever born, most are still alive so that, based on statistics: HDR < 0.5/person.
Isn't that reassuring?  Jerry Cohen



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Lifetime risk of death equals 1.

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If no level of radiation is safe, how come the human race have survived this many millenniums??  Does she have an answer and what proof does she have? 
Who is she trying to scare and what does she suppose we should do about it!


Ed Baratta

edmond0033 at comcast.net

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From: Roger Helbig
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 7:15 AM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Supposed Courage of Margaret Chan WHO Director General,on ionising radiation

Christina MacPherson posted: "HISTORY WAS MADE. Marion Odell, 29 Sept
2012
On May 12, 2011 history was quietly made when courageous WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said "There is no safe low level of radiation." Until May 12, 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) always"

Courage of Margaret Chan WHO Director General, on ionising radiation

by Christina MacPherson

HISTORY WAS MADE. Marion Odell, 29 Sept 2012 On May 12, 2011 history was quietly made when courageous WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said "There is no safe low level of radiation."

Until May 12, 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) always followed the lead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on nuclear health effects issues as there is a 1959 agreement that WHO would accept the findings of that organization. This agreement is still in effect and hopefully will be rescinded soon.

However this most likely will need some considerable political pressure from the public. It is imperative that we support this tremendously important pronouncement and spread the message far and wide. This is a breakthrough that will impress the public because of the prestige of the World Health Organization and the integrity of the Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan.

The letter to Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan from the International Institute of Concern for Public appears below. It can also be seen at iicph.org/330.

URL: http://wp.me/phgse-7PN

http://nuclear-news.net/2012/09/29/courage-of-margaret-chan-who-director
-general-on-ionising-radiation/
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