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Unreliable information from International Commission on Radiological Protection

their dose estimates are based on the “average man” in spite of the fact that young children and pregnant mothers are at a much greater risk from ionising radiation.

Latest documents advocating the ban of depleted uranium. By Jerry Mazza Online Journal, 23 July 2010, “……International Commission on Radiological ProtectionThe ICRP is an undemocratic, self-sustaining body, which issues recommendations to governments and supranational bodies on radiological protection. They make political choices between dose received and the benefit obtained to society; a job that many would say should be left to politicians.
While its members appear strong on radiation physics, they have been criticised for being significantly weaker on radiobiology.
The ICRP uses data from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts to estimate radiation health risk. Japanese bomb victims were mainly exposed to an acute burst of external gamma rays and neutrons. As has been shown, long-term environmental DU contamination leads to chronic internal exposure from alpha radiation, thus rendering the ICRP�s whole body and organ dose rates largely irrelevant. Furthermore, their dose estimates are based on the �average man� in spite of the fact that young children and pregnant mothers are at a much greater risk from ionising radiation.
World Health Organisation

In 2001 the WHO released a report claiming that, except in exceptional circumstances, DU exposure was not a public health concern. Subsequently it has emerged that key papers by the US Department of Defence on DU�s genotoxicity were excluded from the report. Dr Keith Baverstock, who worked with the WHO�s Radiological Protection Unit believes that pressure to ignore the research came from the highest levels. It is clear that the WHO is only as strong as it is allowed to be by the member states that financially support it.

Further confusion comes from its relationship to its sister agencies, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose remit is to promote the use of nuclear power. The report used the same ICRP models that have been shown to be incapable of accurately modeling the effects of internal radioactive emitters…..

Latest documents advocating the ban of depleted uranium

July 24, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium