UNSCEAR (the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation) recently published a report titled "Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation" with a special focus on levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East-Japan earthquake and tsunami. The report has received criticism from medical experts who are researching on health effects of radiation. In the interview with 3Sat, Dr. Alex Rosen, a German pediatrician and member of German IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), harshly criticizes the playing down of radiation impact by UNSCEAR and the nuclear lobby. Professor Wolfgang Hoffmann, a German epidemiologist and radiobiologist, holds views similar to those of Dr. Alex Rosen. He assumes that those who criticize this report would be officially blamed for panic mongering and that any claims for damages and compensation could also be preempted on the basis of this report. ドイツの小児医者で、ＩＰＰＮＷのメンバーでもあるDr.Alex Rosenは、福島原発事故により放出した放射線による健康に対しての影響を過小評価している最近の国連科学の報告書を厳しく批判した。
It seems, however, that the report did not receive unanimous support within UNSCEAR. According to Belgian journalist Marc Molitor, the Belgian delegation to UNSCEAR initially criticized the report, claiming that it is minimizing health effects of radiation after the Fukushima nuclear accident . When contacted by 3Sat, however, Dr. Vanmarcke, Chief of Belgian delegation to UNSCEAR, did not wish to talk about the issue which implicates pressure put on him and his delegation by the international nuclear lobby. ベルギーのジャーナリストによると、ベルギーの国連科学代表のDr.Vanmarckeは、国連科学の報告書に反対の意を唱えていたが、国際的組織の原発ロビーから、圧力がかかったらしく、問い合わせを受けた際には、コメントを避けた。
Dr. Keith Baverstock, a former researcher at WHO, also commented on the lack of independence of WHO in the research of the health impact of radiation. The existence of the mutual agreement between IAEA and WHO signed in 1959 hinders independent research of WHO on the health effects of radiation. Dr. Keith Baverstock,元ＷＨＯの研究者：ＩＡＥＡとの協定のため、ＷＨＯの独立性がないと指摘。
(Text and English caption by WNSCR team)
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