[NukeNet] [NucNews] Nuclear mortality

[theroyprocess at cox.net]

Comment:
Over a decade ago, I remember a local New Times newspaper expose' of whistleblowers at
Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant. They said that the schematic blueprints of the wire they
used did not match, and more!

All machinery breaks down in time. Nuclear power plants too. Do you want to bet your life 
on a machine? There is no escape from invisible radiation. Words will not make you less 
dead! You need a Geiger counter to reveal radiation.


http://www.sltrib.com:80/opinion/ci_9794768
               

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
      Nuclear mortality 
      Public Forum Letter
      Salt Lake Tribune 
      Article Last Updated:07/05/2008 11:40:45 AM MDT 
     
      Numerous medical studies in the last 50 years clearly establish that when large populations are exposed to any part of the nuclear fuel cycle - from the mining and milling of uranium to the operation of nuclear reactors and the ultimate storage of nuclear waste - there are tragic health consequences: increased rates of spontaneous abortions, premature births, low birth weight, overall infant mortality, impaired intelligence and cancers of all types in both adults and children. These studies repudiate the recent nuclear industry cheerleading by Kent Johnson and Clinton Wolfe ("Fear of nuclear power" and "Dismayed at fuss," Forum, June 28). Furthermore, many of the cancers and other debilitating diseases caused by nuclear radiation show up decades after exposure, or in future generations, making it likely that these studies underestimate the causal relationship. 
          A recent study of large numbers of people in many different countries who lived near 136 nuclear reactors revealed higher mortality rates in children and specifically higher rates of childhood leukemia. Eighty percent of cancer is environmentally caused, and this year 12,500 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. This information alone should end the debate about whether to build more nuclear plants. 
          Proponents of more nuclear plants should be asked which of their family members they would sacrifice for "clean, safe nuclear power." 
          
          Brian Moench 
          President, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment 
          Salt Lake City 
          

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.energyjustice.net/pipermail/nukenet_energyjustice.net/attachments/20080707/54a366eb/attachment.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 2537 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mail.energyjustice.net/pipermail/nukenet_energyjustice.net/attachments/20080707/54a366eb/attachment.gif 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 319 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mail.energyjustice.net/pipermail/nukenet_energyjustice.net/attachments/20080707/54a366eb/attachment-0001.gif