NH #704: The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation - New Book by Cindy Folkers, Ian Fairlie

This Week’s Featured Interview:

A new book, THE SCIENTISTS WHO ALERTED US TO THE DANGERS OF RADIATION, is a devastating look into the history of radiation harms and the scientists who attempted to reveal the truth by defying political and institutional pressures. It explains how those who tried to warn us were censored and discredited by nuclear interests, leading to our current institutionalized ignorance about radiation. Authors are:

• Ian Fairlie, PhD, a UK-based scientist who has served as chief scientific advisor to the British Governnment’s Committee on the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters, and Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist for Beyond Nuclear. He has degrees in chemistryand radiation biology and his doctorate at Imperial College in London was on nuclear waste policies. He was chief scientific advisor to the British Government’s Committee on the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters and continues as a consultant to many NGOs and nuclear activists both in Europe and North America.
  
• Cindy Folkers, MS, focuses on ionizing radiation and its impact on health and the environment, from a scientific as well as a historical perspective. Her work in this area advocates for fully protecting the health of females and early life stages in the face of uncertain health outcomes. She earned an MS in Environmental Science from The Johns Hopkins University and has been published in additional books as well as The BMJ and Journal of the History of Biology.

Technical difficulties prevented Ian Fairlie from joining us from his home in London. I spoke with Cindy Folkers on December 13, 2024.

LINK to purchase THE SCIENTISTS WHO ALERTED US TO THE DANGERS OF RADIATION:

• Ethics Press – Hardback, paperback, or ebook

Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter

A Woods Hole report contradicts “A Woods Hole report contradicts decommissioning company Holtec’s claim that radioactive wastewater dumped from the closed Pilgrim reactor into Cape Cod Bay would quickly disperse.” Here’s.

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):

Andy Borowitz at BorowitzReport.com nails the utter numnutzery of possibly having Pete Hegseth, currently the nominee for Secretary of Defense, anywhere near the nuclear arsenal.

LINKS:

• Radioactive Leaks, Fires, and Contamination: DOE Report Exposes Alarming Failures at Piketon