The immediate goal of the Healthy from the Start campaign is to shift the focus of radiation exposure standards from “Reference Man” to those most at risk. The longer term goal is to get all exposure standards (for both radiation and non-radioactive toxic chemicals) to protect the most vulnerable among us. The campaign steering committee consists of representatives from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, BE SAFE, Faithful Security: National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger, Making Our Milk Safe, Mike Thorne and Associates (scientific consulting), People for Children’s Health & Environmental Justice, and Physicians for Social Responsibility. For more information about the campaign see the materials below or contact us at .
Campaign Resources
Related Technical Reports
- The Use of Reference Man in Radiation Protection Standards and Guidance with Recommendations for Change: April, 2009
- Residual Radioactivity in Your Neighborhood: January, 2009
- Science for the Vulnerable: Setting Radiation and Multiple Exposure Standards: October, 2006
- Bad to the Bone: August, 2005
- What the DOE Knows it Doesn’t Know about Grout: October, 2004
Press Releases
- Press Release - IEER on “Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities, Phase I”: June, 2012
- Press Release - New Mexico Strengthens Limits for Public Disclosure of Radioactively Contaminated Rio Grande Water: October, 2010
- Press Release - The Use of Reference Man in Radiation Protection Standards and Guidance with Recommendations for Change: April, 2009
- Press Release - 3,000+ Organizations and Individuals Urge President Bush “Protect Most Vulnerable from Radiation Exposure”: February, 2008
- Press Release - Science for the Vulnerable: Setting Radiation and Multiple Exposure Standards: October, 2006
Letters
Testimony and technical comments
- Memorandum to a National Academies committee regarding low-level radiation research and the protection of pregnant women, the embryo, and the fetus: January, 2022
- Trump nominee acknowledges role in under reporting radiation in drinking water (Scripps News story by Mark Greenblatt): January, 2018
- Comments on the “Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste and Disposal Storage Facilities”: August, 2016
- Comments to NRC regarding radiation risk models and permissible maximum radiation exposures to the public and to workers: November, 2015
- Comments to the NRC on low-level radioactive waste disposal: September, 2015
More testimony and technical comments related to Healthy from the Start
Related Science for Democratic Action Issues
- Human Health and Radiation (Vol. 17, No. 1): June, 2013
- Radioactive Rivers and Rain / Retiring Reference Man (Vol. 16, No. 1): August, 2009
- What is RESRAD? / Where is Reference Man? / Carbon Free, Nuclear Free Statement of Principles (Vol. 15, No. 4): December, 2008
- Healthy from the Start / Tritium (Vol. 14, No. 4): February, 2007
- Fernald Waste Management / Radium and Plutonium Environmental Transport (Vol. 14, No. 3): November, 2006
Related Energy & Security Issues
- Healthy from the Start / Tritium (Issue #38): February, 2007
- Disposal of Radioactive Waste in France / A Readiness to Harm (Issue #34): January, 2006
- Bad to the Bone: Plutonium Drinking Water Standards in the U.S. (Issue #33): September, 2005
- Risks of Depleted Uranium Waste / Uranium Health Risks (Issue #32): June, 2005
- Nuclear Dumps by the Riverside / Nuclear Targeting (Issue #28): March, 2004
Factsheets
- What the DOE Knows it Doesn’t Know about Grout: October, 2004
News Articles and Commentary
- Trump nominee acknowledges role in under reporting radiation in drinking water (Scripps News story by Mark Greenblatt): January, 2018
- On life near two nuclear power plants in Illinois: an interview with Cindy and Joe Sauer: June, 2013
- Kindle Project Blog features IEER and Arjun Makhijani, for IEER’s 25th Anniversary in 2012: August, 2012
Books
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