Highly recommended!
Much of the information and analysis that the participants will present is new. All of it is highly relevant to the current debate about the future of nuclear power in Japan, the U.S. and globally.
The symposium program is posted at www.helencaldicottfoundation.org. Members of the public can obtain information and register for the event online at http://www.helencaldicottfoundation.org/symposium.html
FUKUSHIMA TWO YEARS LATER: Global symposium to address mounting medical & ecological consequences March 11-12 – New York Academy of Medicine
[New York – January 24, 2013] Two years after the March 11, 2011 triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, new research and new information continues to come to light about its continuing bio-medical and ecological consequences, how they compare with Chernobyl, and what they indicate about the impact of nuclear power on public health, safety, and the environment.
A unique public symposium, “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident,” will be held on March 11-12 at the New York Academy of Medicine to explore the latest data and its implications. A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, the symposium is being co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility……
An
international group of some of the world’s leading experts – including
several from Japan and the U.S. – in radiation biology,
embryology, epidemiology, oceanography, nuclear engineering, and nuclear policy
will make presentations and participate in panel discussions. Among
them are Dr. KenBuesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute; Dr. Hisaku Sakiyama, a member of
the Japanese Diet’s Fukushima Accident Independent Investigative
Commission; Dr. Alexey Yablokov of the Russian Academy of
Sciences; and many others (see below for a list of presenters)…..
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