Deja Vu in regard to Infant Mortality

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Statement by the President and Past Presidents of the Health Physics
Society with Regard to Presentation by Dr. Ernest J. Sternglass,
July 14, 1971.

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Statement (Read by Dade W. Moeller immediately after Dr, Sternglass'
presentation at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society,
held in New York, New York July 14, 1971)

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On the third such occasion since 1968, Dr. Ernest J. Sternglass, at an
annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, has presented a paper in
which he associates an increase in infant mortality with low levels of
radiation exposure.  The material contained in Dr. Sternglass' paper
has also been presented publicly at other occasions in various parts
of the country. His allegations made in several forms have in each
instance been analyzed by scientists, physicians and biostatisticans
in the Federal government, in individual states that have been involved
in his reports, and by qualified scientists in other countries.

Without exception, these agencies and scientists have concluded that Dr.
Sternglass' arguments are not substantiated by the data he presents.  The
United States Public Health Service, the Environmental Protection Agency,
the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Illinois have issued
formal reports in rebuttal of Dr. Sternglass' arguments.  We, the President
and Past Presidents of the Health Physics Society, do not agree with the
claim of Dr. Sternglass that he has shown that radiation exposure from
nuclear power operations has resulted in an increase in infant mortality.

Signed by:

H.L. Andrews, Univ. of Rochester
W.D. Claus (Retired)
F.P. Cowan, Brookhaven Nat. Labs.
Merrill Eisenbud, New York Univ.
W.T. Hamm, Jr., Univ. of Virginia
John R. Horan, USAEC.
Wright H. Langham, LASL
J.S. Laughlin, Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital
K.Z. Morgan, ORNL
Claire C. Palmiter, USEPA
C.M. Patterson, Savannah River Lab.
Walter S. Snyder, ORNL
J. Newell Stannard, Univ. of Rochester
L.S. Taylor, NCRP
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