Select Media Reports on February, 2003 NAS Report on need to conduct more fallout studies and how few harmed!
Study Competently Estimates Cancer Risk From Radioactive Fallout; Reanalysis of Iodine-131 Needed, But Larger Study not Justified
FEBURARY 11, 2003, Press Release, National Academy of Sciences
Downwinder Studies at End
By CHRISTOPHER SMITH, February 12, 2003, The Salt Lake Tribune"The committee believes that although a more detailed study is technically possible, neither the data nor the consequences appear to justify it...."
Cancer Risk Report Did Good Job, U.S. Panel Says
By Maggie Fox, February 11, 2003, Reuters"It's a very low probability," she said. Effects from strontium and cesium were likely to have been negligible.
'Downwinders' being cast aside again
Editorial, February 14, 2003, The Spectrum, St. George, UtahNow, despite thousands of affected people having yet to be compensated for their related illnesses and the deaths of loved ones, organizations and government agencies want to pull the plug on further health studies.
It's an example of the federal government tossing aside its own citizens for a second time: first by not telling the truth about the potential dangers associated with nuclear explosions, and now because of the possible elimination of health studies.
Downwind data may be reanalyzed
By Lee Davidson, February 13, 2003, The Deseret News"Apart from iodine-131, the draft report indicates that the health risk associated with other radionuclides released in weapons testing is small, so developing more precise estimates of radiation dose and cancer risk will probably be of little added value."
US Panel IDs Cancer Risk in Nuke Test Fallout Areas
By Alicia Ault, February 11, 2005, ReutersAmericans who lived in areas exposed to nuclear fallout from above-ground tests prior to 1962 may never be able to determine whether they have an increased risk of cancer, a panel of federal advisers concluded Tuesday......
The committee determined that it would be too costly and difficult to determine each individual's risk, mostly because of the lack of precise government data on fallout.
During the testing period, the government only collected information on radioactive debris at about 100 sites around the country, and those were not scientifically chosen
Leavitt urged to release nuclear test data
By Jerry Spangler, February 24, 2005, Deseret Morning News