International
Institute of Concern
for Public Health

Keyword: radiation

IICPH Letter to Dr. Chan of WHO

October 12, 2011

Dear Dr. Chan:

For those of us in the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) community that have been working for so many...

Radioactivity From Japanese Reactors Detected in New Brunswick: The Public Is Being Misled About Health Risks From Point Lepreau

April 6, 2011

For Immediate Release

The people of New Brunswick are as concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants as everyone else...

New Model Urgently Needed

October 30, 2010

For the protection of human and environmental health, our institutions have failed miserably.

This is particularly true of the threats to...

Review: The Woman Who Knew Too Much

April 24, 2010

The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation. By Gayle Greene. The University of Michigan Press. 1999. 321pp.

Book Launch: Disconnect

November 22, 2010

Please send to all your lists and advise coming early as it may be very crowded.

Pretty Poster for download

Inaccurate to call CANDU reactors "emission free"

June 12, 2010

Advertising Standards Canada has just posted a decision to its
website declaring that it is inaccurate and unsupportable to call...

Radiation in Great Lakes

December 1, 2009

One of the coalitions to which IICPH belongs is Great Lakes United (GLU), a diverse coalition of over...

Radiation Damage to DNA

April 25, 2009

A new technique for assessing radiation damage to DNA indicates that the spatial arrangement of the damage is more...

Presentation for Development of Air Standards for Uranium

December 12, 2008

IICPH Presentation to Science Discussion Meeting for the Development of Air Standards For Uranium (Canada)

An Afternoon with Rosalie Bertell and Friends

May 31, 2008

1.30 to 3.30 pm.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
At McClure Hall, Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor Street West at...

Comments on Standards and Guidelines For Tritium in Drinking Water

March 1, 2008

IICPH Submission to the Ontario Drinking Water Advisory Council

BURNING RADIOACTIVE WASTE:Blind River and the CNSC Decision

March 1, 2007

March 16, 2007

Shudders went through the frame of International Institute of Concern for Public Health (IICPH) when we learned...

Comments on the Environmental Assessment guidelines for Pickering B

January 3, 2007

Louise Levert
Commissions Operations Officer
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
280 Slater St.
PO Box 1046
Ottawa ON
Canada K1P 5S9
January 3, 2007

Via e-mail: interventions@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK

December 1, 2006

Hats off to one of our board members, Lou Ricciuti, who has been working for some years in the Upper...

Acta Paediatrica - Papers on Children's Health

January 1, 2006

These are papers submitted for posting by Dr. Chris Busby, a friend of the Institute. They are in PDF...

The Potential Hazard of Ionizing Radiation in Smoke Detectors

January 1, 2005

There are two types of smoke detectors currently in use: the photoelectric detector and the ionization detector. The photoelectric detector...

Depleted Uranium: Questions and Answers on Its Use in War

September 1, 2003

By H. Patricia Hynes, Sardor Ibragimov

New Mammogram Studies Divided on Benefits

September 3, 2002

From the New York Times. Introduced by Rosalie Bertell.

Une tragédie post-Tchernobyl qui aurait pu être évitée

September 1, 2002

Analyse critique
By Rosalie Bertell, traduit par Solange Fernex, Biederthal, France

Avoidable Tragedy Post-Chernobyl

September 1, 2002

Journal of Humanitarian Medicine", Vol. II, No. 3, pp 21 – 28
By Rosalie Bertell

Dr. Alice Stewart's Obituary

June 27, 2002

From the New York Times

Appel des Associations Européennes et Américaines aux Délégués de la Conférence de Préparation de Révision du Traité de Non-Prolifération Nucléaire

April 19, 2002

This document is also available in English

Joint Appeal From European And US Non-Governmental Organizations To The Delegates Of The Conference Of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Prepcom

April 19, 2002

Cet document est aussi disponible en français

Danger and Unreliability of Mammography

September 1, 2001

Breast Examination is a Safe, Effective, and Practical Alternative
By Samuel S. Epstein, Rosalie Bertell, Barbara Seaman

Six Principles for the IFC

May 1, 2001

International Finance Corporation
2121 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20433

As agreed in our meeting of 19 April, we are writing...

Amchitka Nuclear Test Workers to Gain Compensation for Occupational Illnesses

October 31, 2000

Dr. Rosalie Bertell’s work used in a Defense Authorization Bill U.S.A.
Globalization

Briefing Notes: Ionizing Radiation Regulation

September 21, 2000

Victims of the nuclear race
By Rosalie Bertell

Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium

January 1, 2000

SOURCE OF EXPOSURE:

Uranium metal is autopyrophoric and can burn spontaneously at room temperature in the presence of air,...

Can ICRP Be Trusted To Set Radiation Exposure Standards?

August 13, 1995

By Rosalie Bertell

Peace Making after Rio, 1992

July 1, 1992

Originally published in the International Perspectives in Public Health Journal 1992, Volume 8, ISSN: 8755-5328

One very obvious omission at...