FW: Major Symposium on Radiation and Health - Save the Date

[Michael Campbell <campbell@scripps.edu>]

>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:44:49 -0800 (PST)
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>    |     Major Symposium on Radiation and Health      |
>    |            September 26 and 27, 1998             | 
>    |                  New York City                   |
>    |                                                  |
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>A two day symposium examining profound new discoveries on
>the effects of radiation on human health is planned for 
>September 26th and 27th to be held at the Academy of 
>Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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>Two days of papers by respected epidemiologists, physicians
>and scientists will summarize the recent literature on
>radiation and its biological implications with specific
>reference to medicine, the nuclear power and nuclear weapons
>industries.
>
>Presenters include: 
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>*  John Gofman, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology,
>University of California and Lecturer at Department of
>Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San
>Francisco
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>*  Alice Stewart MD, FRCP, Department of Public Health and
>Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
>
>*  John Little MD, Professor Radiobiology, Harvard School of
>Public Health
>
>*  Arjun Makhijani, President of Institute for Energy and
>Environmental Research
>
>*  Shirley Jackson, Chair, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
>(invited)
>
>*  Tony Mazzochi, Presidential Assistant, Oil, Chemical and
>Atomic Workers
>
>*  George Woodwell, Director, Woods Hole Research Center
>
>*  Hal Morgenstern, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA
>School of Public Health
>
>*  Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Senior Associate Radioactive
>Waste Management Associates
>
>*  William Arkin, Consultant, Natural Resources Defense
>Council
>
>*  Jonathan Schell, Author - The Fate of the Earth, The Case
>for Abolition
>
>* Robert McNamara, former Secretary, Department of Defense
>(invited)
>
>*  Steve Wing, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, University
>of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
>*  Greg Wilkinson, Professor of Epidemiology University on
>Buffalo
>
>*  Richard Clapp, Associate Professor, Environmental Health,
>Boston University School of Public Health
>
>Dr. Helen Caldicott who organized the original PSR symposia
>will act as chief coordinator of this event.
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>Recent literature places in doubt present standards for 
>allowable worker and public radiation exposure, which may
>be 6 to 12 times too high. The ramifications for nuclear
>power and weapons industries are enormous.
>
>The symposium will provide a forum for open debate and
>discussion.
>
>Continuing Medical Education credit will also be offered.
>
>For registration information, please contact: The STAR
>Foundation, P.O. Box 4206, East Hampton, NY 11937;
>516.324.0655.
>
>
>
>
>    
>Jonathan Parfrey
>Executive Director
>Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
>1316 Third Street Promenade, Suite B1
>Santa Monica, California 90401-1325
>310.458.2694/phone * 310.458.7925/fax * psrsm@psr.org *
>http://www.labridge.com/psr/
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