Download or read book Problems in Assessing the Cancer Risks of Low level Ionizing Radiation Exposure written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elements of Controversy written by Barton C. Hacker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage. Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed? Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked. Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues. The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics. Unforgettable congressional hearings in 1978 revealed that fallout from American nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s had overexposed hundreds of soldiers and other citizens to radiation. Faith in governmental integrity was shaken, and many people have assumed that such overexposure caused great damage. Yet important questions remain--the most controversial being: did the radiation overexposure in fact cause the cancers and birth defects for which it has been blamed? Elements of Controversy is the result of a decade of exhaustive research in AEC documentary records and the full clinical and epidemiological literature on radiation effects. More concerned with uncovering the historical story than with assigning blame, Barton Hacker concludes that every precaution was taken by the AEC to avoid harming test participants or bystanders. And, he points out, the biomedical literature suggests that these precautions worked. Yet top officials in Washington--for whom the success of nuclear weapons was of overriding importance--had asserted that testing involved no risks at all. Discrepancies between unverifiable government claims and the revelations that some actual risk was present explain the origins and angry persistence of the controversies, Hacker argues. The Department of Energy delayed publication of Hacker's study for five years, and while his controversial book is sure to draw objections from both sides of the radiation-hazard debates, it will provide a much-needed guide to understanding their polemics.

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Download or read book Hearing on H R 4211 before the Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Ninety seventh Congress first session July 30 1981 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health and the Environment Miscellaneous written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uranium Ore Residues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Conducting Epidemiologic Investigations of the Health Effects of Low level Ionizing Radiation written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Woman Who Knew Too Much Revised Ed written by Gayle Greene and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of the epidemiologist who discovered the harmful effects of fetal X rays and other radiation exposure

Download or read book Journal of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers written by Institution of Nuclear Engineers (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Nuclear Power Both Sides written by Michio Kaku and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1983 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Early years--Underestimating the risks--Protecting the public--George Orwell understated the case--(etc.).

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Download or read book Radiation Protection Reports of the Interagency Task Force on Ionizing Radiation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Implications of New Energy Technologies written by William N. Rom and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1980 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the health effects of major energy sources like, coal, oil shade, geothermal, and solar.