The Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima
A 2 day Symposium March 11 ~ 12
Brought to you by the Helen Caldicott Foundation
Fairewinds Energy Education l Interview with Dr Helen Caldicott
HELEN CALDICOTT: "The reason I decided to organize this symposium: 'The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident' on March 11-12, 2013 is because I watched the Fukushima accident and I thought, 'My God, this is the worst thing that's happened--ever.'
And Arnie [Gundersen] verified that--the worst industrial accident ever to have occurred and it's irreparable. It can't be cleaned up--the radiation on the ground. And the thing is, it takes up to five years, usually, for cancers and leukemias to start appearing, post-radiation.
And so often I was interviewed--and I'm sure Arnie was--by these journalists who are cocksure of themselves, who say, "Well, nobody's died..." And that really got my goat, because we don't expect anyone to have died, yet.
You die from radiation if you get a huge dose of radiation, like being blasted by an atomic bomb--these people [from the Fukushima accident] didn't get such a high dose...and they are eating radioactive food, continuously.
So I was so frustrated by the media coverage--which has now died off--and the accident is ongoing...I mean, it's still releasing huge amounts of radiation into the Pacific Ocean and the air and the food's radioactive and the like.
So, I want to educate the media--national and international media--about radiobiology and how radiation causes cancer and what other abnormalities it causes--damage to the fetus...to developing fetus...so they understand why this is so serious and how it damages the very building blocks of life--the genes, in the eggs and the sperm--which are passed on, generation to generation.
So the accident doesn't just 'not end', but the ramifications for future generations--with a large increase in inherited genetic diseases, of which there are over 2,000, will be enormous.
And it's not just humans--all plants and animals have genes--and so from a biological perspective, I want people to understand what this really means and then, extrapolate back to the reactors in America, in particular-- that are creating vast amounts of radioactive waste--which, you know, you don't even have to have an 'accident' to see these genetic effects through future generations, as radioactive waste leaks and gets into the food supply.
That's why--as a physician, a pediatrician concerned about children's health, in particular, who are so radiosensitive, and all future generations--I've organized this symposium."
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