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Re: Programme on Marshall Island
Does anyone have a ref for Bikini consequences?
Thanks.
Regards, Jim
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on 7/5/02 5:05 AM, Franz Schoenhofer at franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just watched on TV a short (two minutes) contribution on the aftermath of
> the US nuclear tests on the Marshall Islands. Following was stated among
> other statements:
>
> Rongelap was not evacuated when the biggest test was performed there 1954.
>
> The Bikini Atoll is not inhabitable, the vegetation has changed, flowers
> have more pronounced colours than before or are retarded.
>
> An anthropologist Nancy Pollack stated that the incidence of thyroid cancer
> is extremely high (I think to remember from my extensive involvement in the
> consequences of Chernobyl, that the half life of I-131 is about 8.3
> days....., but I might be wrong, some antis might have found out that this
> is one of the cover ups of the pros.....). 30 more cancers showed elevated
> incidence, especially concerning ovary cancer and overall there were
> problems with human propagation (no details provided). In the second and
> third generations an enhanced incidence of deformities is observed. Some
> scientists claim, that the atolls are not inhabitable for the next 24 000
> years.
>
> Much to my surprise the Austrian TV comment was after that last statement
> that this seems unlikely - to the background of a beautiful pacific
> landscape with palms and the beautiful shores.
>
>
> Any comments? Who is Nancy Pollack?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Franz
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