It looks as if USA and Israel are murdering Iran’s nuclear scientists
The undeclared war on Iran’s nuclear program, PAUL KORING TEHRAN— Globe and Mail May. 25, 2012 Over the past 28 months, assassins have targeted at least five Iranians scientists or 
engineers, men linked by Western intelligence agencies to the country’s controversial nuclear program….
No group or nation has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks on Iranian scientists. The killings are clearly part of a deliberate campaign. Some in the West see them as justified in the broader effort to deny a nuclear arsenal to Iran’s bellicose leaders……
the series of attacks on Iranian scientists like Mr. Rezaeinejad, most
in broad daylight and in conspicuously public places in the capital,
are widely regarded as a bloodier tactic in an undeclared war that
aims to wreak havoc on Iran’s nuclear program. A parallel
cyber-warfare campaign introduced the so-called Stuxnet virus, which
reportedly sent Iranian centrifuges used to enrich uranium spinning
out of control to their own destruction, is another…..
Some Iranians, including those who are usually at odds with the
government, say that if American scientists were being killed in
Washington by motorcycle bombers, there would be great furor and clear
cries of terrorism…..
Suspicion here, and elsewhere, has fallen on Israel, which has its own
nuclear weapons and has threatened air strikes against Iran’s nuclear
sites. Israel has not denied involvement in the attacks on Iranian
scientists. ….
A 24-year-old man named Majid Jamali Fashi was hanged in Tehran’s Evin
Prison this month after being convicted in the murder of Massoud
Ali-Mohammadi, a physics professor at Tehran University. At his trial
last summer, Mr. Fashi admitted to travelling to Tel Aviv and being
trained by the Mossad. Some believe his testimony was coerced. But
three months ago, the American television network NBC reported that
U.S. officials, speaking on background, said that the Mossad, Israel’s
intelligence agency, has trained Iranian exiles from MEK for the
assassination campaign.
The targeted assassinations are clearly effective in instilling fear.
Killing leading scientists, whether or not they are actually involved
in a covert nuclear-weapons program, does have a chilling impact and
makes it more difficult for the regime to recruit anyone to national
security research efforts, an Iranian official here admitted, speaking
on condition of anonymity.
Prof. Ali-Mohammadi, for instance, had lived in fear for years that he
would be targeted, his widow told The Globe and Mail in an
interview…….
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Women and nuclear radiation – Mary Olson speaks
Mary Olson, from Nuclear Information and Resource Service, spoke at the New York symposium on Fukushima’s effects, March 2013.
Here are some highlights:
Mary Olson discussed the findings of the latest National Academy of Sciences Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation ( BEIR VII) , illustrated by this graph:
This lifespan graph shows increased cancer risk by exposure to a given amount of radiation, The pink line shows the risk for girls, the blue line for boys. Look at left hand part of the graph. It covers from zero to 5 years, and includes pre birth. We see a striking difference between the blue line and the pink line. The nuclear regulators assume that the risk shown here at age 40 – in the blue line- is the same for every individual regardless of age or gender. Yet, even at ages 40 – 60 the cancer risk from radiation is significantly more for women, than for men.
The cancer danger from ionising radiation depends on the type of radiation, the amount, and the duration of the exposure. But it also depends on who is exposed. Radiation exposure endangers some individuals more than others. In order, the most vulnerable are:
Primary germ cells/ Embryo
Foetus
Children
Elders
Some genotypes
Females – both juvenile and adult
All of the world’s scientific authorities agree that there is no safe dose of radiation. That includes the WHO, EPA, NRC, and national Academy of Science.
The standards for permissable levels of ionising radiation were originally written to cover doctors using radiation, then were intended for the purpose of sending military into radiological areas. Yet these standads, based on a 30 year old man, are applied to everyone.
Over 100 years, man’s activities have increased the background radiation by 25%
The ratio of cancer risks from radiation for males and females is 3 to 2. That is for every 2 males who get cancer from ionising radiation, there are 3 females. In reports from BEIR and the Lifespan study of Hiroshima survivors only external radiation is considered, not internal radiation. The risk for females is being underestimated in reports and in regulations about radiation
The World Health Organisation is the first big agency to acknowledge this difference in radiation risk between males and females, in its latest report. WHO is also saying that there is 70% higher risk of thyroid cancer for little girls exposed to radiation.
Studies are continuing, and animal studies, too, are showing this gender difference. We must move towards prevention and precaution as the basis of policy. Sadly, it is too late for a lot of prevention. We need to cahnge the priorities – to protect first, study second
And we need to get a whole lot more women motivated to get involved.
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