The Overestimation of Medical Consequences of Low-Dose Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

This book shows that the medical consequences of low-dose, low-rate exposures to ionizing radiation have been overestimated by certain scientists, which apparently occurred in accordance with unofficial policies and directives. It analyses and exposes the biases and hidden conflicts of interest in numerous scientific publications overestimating the medico-biological consequences of low-dose radiation. After the Chernobyl accident, many publications exaggerated its medical consequences. Among the motives for this were financing, publication pressure, and career prospects. The accident has been exploited to strangle nuclear energy, thus boosting fossil fuel prices. In more developed countries, anti-nuclear sentiments have been supported by green activists, in agreement with the interests of fossil fuel producers, certain companies and governments. Today, however, there are no alternatives to nuclear energy; in the long run, non-renewable fossil fuels will become more expensive, contributing to the excessive population growth in oil-producing regions and to poverty elsewhere. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTER ONE HORMESIS AND RADIATION SAFETY NORMS 11 CHAPTER THREE MALE TO FEMALE RATIO AT BIRTH: ON THE ROLE OF RADIATION VS. OTHER FACTORS 40 CHAPTER FOUR CHERNOBYL-RELATED MALIGNANCY 56 CHAPTER SEVEN CHERNOBYL CONSEQUENCES: SOME BIOLOGICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL ASPECTS 100 CHAPTER EIGHT FOREST FIRES IN THE CONTAMINATED AREAS AND THE COUNTERMEASURES 109 CHAPTER NINE SEMIP ALA TINSK AND OTHER CONTAMINATED AREAS 119 CHAPTER TEN MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF RADIATIONRELATED ABNORMALTIES 130 CHAPTER ELEVEN STRANGULATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY: CUI PRODEST? 138 CONCLUSION 144 APPENDIX 1 RADIO-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS 149