08.11.10
From Hiroshima to Fallujah
From Hiroshima to Fallujah
Nuclear News, Nuclear Fears and the Role of Science
By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON
I received last week copies of two very different publications reporting on outcomes from the scientific assessment of life in the warzone. Specifically, these studies considered the health experience of resident populations living in areas contaminated by nuclear weapons fallout, and more recently, by the low-level radiation that accompanies modern warfare.