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Crisis without end : the medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe /

"On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts assembled at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine. A project of the Helen Caldicott Foundation and co-sponsored by Physicians...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: New York Academy of Medicine (sponsoring body.)
Otros Autores: Caldicott, Helen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1 No Nuclear Power Is the Best Nuclear Power; 2 Living in a Contaminated World; 3 Another Unsurprising Surprise; 4 The Findings of the Diet Independent Investigation Committee; 5 The Contamination of Japan with Radioactive Cesium; 6 What Did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident?; 7 Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Living Systems; 8 The Initial Health Effects at Fukushima; 9 The Biological Consequences of Chornobyl and Fukushima; 10 What the World Health Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency, and International Commission on Radiological Protection Have Falsified.
  • 11 Congenital Malformations in Rivne, Ukraine12 What Did They Know and When?; 13 Management of Spent-Fuel Pools and Radioactive Waste; 14 Seventy Years of Radioactive Risks in Japan and America; 15 Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring; 16 Gender Matters in the Atomic Age; 17 Epidemiologic Studies of Radiation Releases from Nuclear Facilities; 18 Cancer Risk from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation; 19 The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Power; 20 The Nuclear Age and Future Generations; Notes; About the Contributors; About the Editor.