From Milt Bowling: Dr. Rosalie Bertell was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1986 for her work on radiation. She points out how unqualified Repacholi is to comment on Chernobyl, which will be no surprise to this list. cheers, Milt http://www.iicph.org/docs/bertell_response_pressrelease_chernobyl_2005.htm Rosalie Bertell responds to the 2005 WHO/IAEA/UNDP Press Release on Chernobyl by Rosalie Bertell,
Read more →From Iris Atzmon: UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths · Atomic agency says toll will not exceed 4,000 · Doctors ‘overwhelmed’ by cancers and mutations John Vidal, environment editor Saturday March 25, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,,1739339,00.html Also see: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1738134,00.html United Nations nuclear and health watchdogs have ignored evidence of deaths, cancers, mutations and other
Read more →From Iris Atzmon: Chernobyl killed 1,000 British babies Thursday, 23rd March 2006, 08:59 Category: Healthy Living http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=YW2323740Q&news_headline=chernobyl_killed_1000_british_babies ———————————————————————— LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) – More than 1,000 British babies may have died as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 20 years ago, an expert claims today (thur). On the eve of the 20th anniversary of
Read more →Radioactive Wounds of War By Dave Lindorff In These Times Thursday 25 August 2005 Tests on returning troops suggest serious health consequences of depleted uranium use in Iraq. Gerard Matthew thought he was lucky. He returned from his Iraq tour a year and a half ago alive and in one piece. But after the New
Read more →U.N. Training Iraqis in Jordan to Measure Radiation from Depleted Uranium June 01, 2005 “” By Dale Gavlak, Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan “” Concerned about depleted uranium and what they say are increasing cancer rates, Iraqi officials are receiving training from U.N. experts on techniques to measure radiation levels according to international standards, a U.N.
Read more →Depleted Uranium Bill Introduced into Congress The Lone Star Iconoclast (From Truthout) 01 June Issue Washington, DC – Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), a medical doctor, on May 17 introduced legislation with 21 original co-sponsors in the House of Representatives that calls for medical and scientific studies on the health and environmental impacts from the U.S.
Read more →Several weeks ago it was mentioned in the Australian media that replacement Australian troops about to be deployed to Iraq were being warned to stay well away from old destroyed Iraqi tanks and other military weaponry because of the danger of DU dust contaminating the wrecks. No such warnings however to the Iraqi kids who
Read more →Now that the Australian government is increasing its troop levels in Iraq, those troops should know that the hazards they face are far more than being shot by unfriendly insurgents. For those troops the issue of DU is very much an OH&S topic for this list. Is it really worth bringing home a legacy of
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