No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth [Paperback]

Rosalie Bertell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0913990256 | ISBN-13: 978-0913990254 | Publication Date: August 2000 | Edition: 1

A radiation research scientist's documented rebuttal to the claim by pro-nuclear officials that there are no harmful effects from low-level radiation from nuclear facilities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 438 pages
• Publisher: Book Pub Co; 1 edition (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913990256
• ISBN-13: 978-0913990254
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,692,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent History of the dawn of nuclear proliferation, September 22, 2009

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This review is from: No Immediate Danger? (Paperback)

This is a very well written book that explores the dawn of the atomic age, and the US Government's careless disregard for adverse biological effects of radiation. After the effects became clear, the government began testing off the US mainland, on near islands inhabited by people who had no idea what was going on and let their kids play in the fallout that looked like snow. This book isn't incredibly scientific, but inspired me to do more research on mainland US atmospheric nuclear testing and the correlations between various cancer rates of people who lived in the areas that the wind carried fallout to. Also, I found grad research at Vanderbilt library on direct correlations between atmospheric mainland tests and SAT scores 18 years later ( ie pregnant women exposed to the fallout from tests hundreds of miles away had below average kids ). While I'm pro-nuclear with regard to power, the other side of the nuclear coin is a truly horrifying story. In essence, we've already had nuclear war over the US, with approximately 330 atmospheric nuclear explosions in the western US, and the wind carrying fallout eastbound.