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- Subject: Fw: [srp] WORLD COMMITTEE ON RADIATION RISK
- From: Don, Jordan
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:47:28 -0600
I received the message below from a radiation safety list in the U.K. Do
not shoot the messenger(s). If this duplicates other re-postings, my
apologies for the waste of bandwidth.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:07 AM
Subject: [srp] WORLD COMMITTEE ON RADIATION RISK
> List members might be intrested to know about the newly founded
>
> WORLD COMMITTEE ON RADIATION RISK
>
> FOUNDATION STATEMENT
>
> Low levels of ionizing radiation and the full range of
> the adverse effects have not been sufficiently
> addressed. The independent World Committee on
> Radiation Risk (WCRR) has been formed to focus on
> these issues.
>
> The WCRR is needed because:
>
> World wide, national governments, international
> organizations, scientists, and public and
> environmental health officials do not have full access
> to information regarding adverse effects from exposure
> to ionizing nuclear radiation.
>
> To date the dominant sources of information have been
> from committees such as the International Committee of
> Radiation Protection (ICRP), the United Nations
> Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic
> Radiation (UNSCEAR) and such committees as the
> National Committee of Radiation protection (NCRP) and
> the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) in
> the United States.
>
> All of these committees operate under political,
> economic, and academic constraints and their members,
> directly or indirectly, are connected to the nuclear
> arms and nuclear power industry. These existing
> committees have been concerned primarily with high
> doses and high dose-rates related to industrial and
> military application. Their conclusions are based upon
> assumptions, many of which were accepted prior to the
> advances in knowledge and methodologies available
> today.
>
> Low-dose radiation damage assessment must extend
> beyond the expertise of health physicists and
> radiobiologists. Exclusion of other relevant
> disciplines has resulted in marginalizing and
> dismissing objective findings of adverse effects
> caused by low doses and low dose-rates of ionizing
> radiation in favor of "accepted" standards and
> outmoded theories. Most established radiation
> committees have virtually excluded all other relevant
> fields of inquiry, including medicine, public health,
> microbiology, ecology, genetics, chemistry, plant and
> animal biology, embryology, demography, geography,
> social, and environmental disciplines.
>
> To date, many of those connected to the nuclear
> military and power industry have controlled the
> content and access to professional journals and
> publications, and have routinely rejected for
> publication scientific findings concerning data and
> estimates of low-dose effects.
>
> Researchers outside the official nuclear establishment
> often find themselves isolated, defunded and unable to
> continue work when evidence of damage from low-dose
> radiation exposure is found. For this reason, WCRR is
> formed to provide collective support to individuals
> studying the consequences of exposure to low dose
> radiation, and to provide a forum for the free and
> wide release of information to protect the health of
> the public and the environment.
>
> WCRR welcomes and supports the formation of the
> European Committee on Radiation Risk (ECRR) with which
> we will coordinate certain efforts.
>
> Guiding Principles of WCRR:
>
>  Adhere to an inductive method of scientific
> evaluation rather than deductive models used by other
> radiation committees. The data shall not be chosen,
> manipulated or ignored to fit into preconceived
> conclusions.
>
>  Operate by logic and independence with
> transparency and full disclosure of basic assumptions;
> always critically analyzing the methods, biases and
> presumptions relied upon by current radiation
> committees and other researchers.
>
>  View data with regard to the precautionary
> principle: if the risks are uncertain, they shall not
> be considered safe until proven safe.
>
>  Commit to adequate radiation protection for
> the "least of us": those who by virtue of age, genetic
> history, immunosuppression or mutation are less able
> to withstand the effects of ionizing radiation. We
> understand this may lead to a drastic reduction in
> human use of man-made and -enhanced ionizing
> radiation.
>
>  Investigate the impacts of radiation exposure
> using newly generated and existing research, both
> published and unpublished, from all possible
> disciplines.
>
>  Bring to the discussion the disciplines of
> philosophy, economics, and social sciences in an
> effort to recognize that science is part of society
> and should positively serve society, its wishes and
> needs.
>
>  Provide "anecdotal" evidence or "lived
> experience" its due regard as we recognize that within
> every anecdote may well reside a grain of truth. Since
> no single death is insignificant, all data are
> relevant to the whole issue of low dose ionizing
> radiation effects.
>
>  Remain independent from current nuclear
> assessment committees, governmental bodies, and
> nuclear industries worldwide.
>
> Proposed Actions by WCRR:
>
>  Make recommendations for protection of human,
> animal, plant and ecosystem health and viability based
> upon its findings of effects from exposure to ionizing
> radiation.
>
>  Investigate low-dose radiation impacts upon
> humans, flora, fauna and ecosystems which, due to
> historical conflicts of interest and secrecy, have
> been neglected by government and private professional
> committees.
>
>  Encourage independent research by providing
> review, acknowledgment and circulation of work
> addressing the questions that most previously existing
> radiation committees have neither asked nor answered.
>
>  Attempt to form a coherent picture from
> studies which cross many different, yet relevant,
> disciplines. WCRR will not operate under the
> limitations imposed on or adopted by other radiation
> committees.
>
>  Use internet communication to review and
> share information from different sources, formulate
> common but not consensus positions, publish findings,
> analyses, reports, statements, and disseminate
> information to protect health and the world's
> ecosystems.
>
>  Seek support from private foundations,
> institutes and interested and independent parties
> concerned about the real effects of ionizing radiation
> on human and ecosystem health.
>
>  Commit to an open international dialogue.
>
> All researchers will participate in this committee on
> an individual basis. Participation in WCRR shall not
> interfere with other scientific, public or educational
> obligations carried by its members.
>
> The WCRR hereby invites you to join us in the
> multidisciplinary study of the impacts of low-dose
> radiation.
>
> We thank NIRS for allowing WCRR to share it
> headquarters. Please direct your communication to:
>
> WCRR
> Attn: Cindy Folkers, 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404,
> Washington, DC
> 20036; ph: 202-328-0002; fx: 202-462-2183; e-mail:
> cindyf@nirs.org.
>
>
>
>
> The following scientists have agreed to support the
> formation of the WCRR. The list will be updated as
> more names are added.
>
> Bertell, R, Canada
> PhD, GNSH, epidemiologist and radiation researcher
>
> Burlakova, EB, Russia
> Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics
> Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Busby CC, United Kingdom
> BSc, PhD, MRSC, radiation researcher
>
> Gaziev AI, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Goncharova, RI, Belarus
> Prof, Dr Sci. radiation genetics and cytology
>
> Grodzinskii, DM, Ukraine
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Konoplya EF, Belarus
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Konradov, AA, Russia
> MD, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Kudryashov YB, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Mangano, JJ, United States
> MPH, MBA, epidemiologist
>
> Moret L, United States
> President, Scientists for Indigenous People
> City of Berkeley Environmental Commissioner
>
> Pelevina, II, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Saenko, AS, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Schmitz-Feuerhake, I, Germany
> Prof. Dr., Physics, University of Bremen
>
> Sherman, J
> MD, Adjunct Prof, Environmental Institute Western
> Michigan University Kalamazoo
> Research Associate, Radiation and Public Health
> Project
>
> Shevchenko VA, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Spitkovskii, DM, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
> Sternglass, EJ
> Professor Emeritus of Radiology
> University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
>
> Yablokov, A, Russia
> Prof, PhD, zoologist ecologist and radiation
> researcher
>
> Zhizhina GP, Russia
> Prof, Russian Academy of Sciences
>
>
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