Education is Freedom
Paulo Friere
Crisis Without End: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe
Edited by Dr Helen Caldicott
“Radiation-exposed populations and the general public should know that research is imperfect. The scientific community must also understand that the main threat to research is a lack of critical thinking, which includes self-critical thinking. We must question authority, and especially studies that, like the LSS, are applied every day to legal and public health situations.”
On March 11th , 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake caused a tsunami to engulf the Daiichi nuclear power plant at Fukushima on the east coast of Japan. As a result, the plant went into meltdown, releasing tremendous amounts of radioactive material into the air and water. It is well regarded as the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, however most remain unaware and blissfully ignorant of the invisible dangers of radiation exposure – much to the delight of world governments and industry leaders alike.
Crisis Without End is a compendium of writings from leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers and policy experts from Japan and around the world, shining much needed light on the true scope of ecological and biological devastation this disaster has brought – and will continue to bring – to the well-being of every living organism on this planet.
One of the most prominent figures raising this alarm is Dr Helen Caldicott, a co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a vocal advocate for a nuclear-free world, in which the inevitable and self-evident dangers of nuclear power and weaponry is finally taken seriously and acted upon. The essays from these concerned experts bring into focus the real radiological impact of infamous nuclear catastrophes such as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States government, and the meltdowns of nuclear reactors at Chernobyl and Fukushima. They also importantly highlight the inadequate response, and silence of government organisations, in the face of the repeated failures of the nuclear industry. More sinister still is the unearthed cover-up by worldwide regulatory agencies in deliberately omitting key scientific evidence of radiobiological risk, where such evidence greatly calls into question the validity of foundational radiation risk models. Disturbingly, it is these models that guide risk assessment for individuals exposed to ionising radiation, ranging from your risk from a chest x-ray to whether or not to evacuate a city after a nuclear meltdown.
Will humanity ever learn from its mistakes and shift focus to the safe, abundant energy sources provided by Nature? Knowledge is our greatest liberator; learn to see what your eyes don’t see.