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The Scientists Who Alerted Us To The Dangers of Radiation

 While the $1.7 trillion effort to totally rebuild the U.S. nuclear weapons
complex spurs on the new nuclear arms race with Russia and China, and at
the same time, the United States and twenty-one other countries have
pledged to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, this is a particularly
appropriate time to seriously consider both the public and individual
health impacts of the many complex parts of the nuclear enterprise.

Do we have thorough and accurate information about this existential issue? Cindy
Folkers’ ‘ The Scientists Who Alerted Us To The Dangers of Radiation’ is an eminently readable and rigorously researched book that
illustrates how, from the beginning of the nuclear age almost 100 years
ago, scientists who questioned the public health and safety of the nuclear
enterprise have been systematically attacked and silenced. Twenty-four
individuals comprise the book’s Honor Roll of Radiation Scientists, with
fourteen Honorable Mentions, each biography noting their place in the
scientific history of health concerns from exposure to ionizing radiation.
Some, like J. Robert Oppenheimer and Linus Pauling, are famous. Most are
more publicly obscure while doing very important work, often making
groundbreaking scientific discoveries working in prominent academic and
governmental positions.

 Progressive Mag 9th Dec 2024

December 15, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized