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VIDEO: USA’s soldier guinea pigs watched atomic explosion

“It was a publicity stunt to show the American public how safe it was during an atomic bomb,” Yoshitake says, “and if there was a war or something, with atomic bombs going off, that it was going to be safe for the general public.”..

 all six people who were there that day have had cancer

VIDEO   How not to watch an overhead nuclear test http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57475611/how-not-to-watch-an-overhead-nuclear-test/ CBS News COLLEGE POINT, Md. 19 July 12  – On this date in 1957, the U.S. conducted one of the most important tests of the atomic age.
A nuclear-tipped missile was fired and detonated in the skies over the Nevada desert.

But what was happening on the ground at that moment seems beyond comprehension today. Continue reading →

July 20, 2012 Posted by | history, Resources -audiovicual, USA | Leave a comment

Book: guide to radiation cancer treatment

Book details minimum recommended guidelines for radiation oncology practices News Medical  July 19, 2012 The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is proud to announce the publication of Safety is No Accident: A Framework for Quality Radiation Oncology and Care, a comprehensive book detailing minimum recommended guidelines for radiation oncology practices.

The 52-page document represents an intensive collaboration among 31 specialists from all of the major societies in the radiation oncology field, representing physicians, medical physicists, radiation therapists, medical dosimetrists, nurses and administrators to ensure safe and effective radiation therapy treatment for patients, led by Writing Chairmen Anthony L. Zietman, MD, FASTRO, Jatinder R. Palta, PhD, and Michael L. Steinberg, MD, FASTRO……
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120719/Book-details-minimum-recommended-guidelines-for-radiation-oncology-practices.aspx

July 20, 2012 Posted by | resources - print | Leave a comment

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