Fukushima has shown that obsession with reducing harmless radiation doses has not led to greater safety, but has in fact led to an unprecedented amount of avoidable human suffering. And by repeatedly tightening the controls, the impression is given that we keep discovering that we’ve not been safe enough. What else could one reasonably conclude? The first part of this ANS Report documents the impact this situation has had on research on radiation and on radiation’s impact on health. This seco
Fukushima has shown that obsession with reducing harmless radiation doses has not led to greater safety, but has in fact led to an unprecedented amount of avoidable human suffering. And by repeatedly tightening the controls, the impression is given that we keep discovering that we’ve not been safe enough. What else could one reasonably conclude? The first part of this ANS Report documents the impact this situation has had on research on radiation and on radiation’s impact on health. This seco