• EXCESS INFANT MORTALITY AFTER NUCLEAR PLANT STARTUP IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI

    Posted by admin on September 15, 2009

    International Journal of Health ServicesVolume 38, Number 2–Spring 2008 Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBAExecutive DirectorRadiation and Public Health Project Abstract American utilities are considering ordering new nuclear power reactors, which would be the first such orders in the U.S. since 1978. One potential site would be the Grand Gulf plant near Port Gibson, Mississippi. In 1983-1984, […]

  • Baby tooth study resumes, seeking links between fallout radiation and cancer

    Posted by admin on January 2, 2009

    By Robert Kelly ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCHFriday, January 2, 2009 Questionnaires will soon be sent to thousands of men who donated their baby teeth half a century ago to scientists seeking to learn whether radioactive fallout in milk the donors drank as children affected their health later in life. It’s the latest step in a study […]

  • Press Release

    Posted by admin on November 11, 2008

    For Immediate ReleaseNovember 11, 2008Contact: Joseph J. Mangano609-399-4343Odiejoe@aol.com CHILD LEUKEMIA DEATH RATES INCREASE NEAR U.S. NUCLEAR PLANTS RISES GREATEST NEAR OLDEST PLANTS, DECLINES NEAR CLOSED PLANTS New York, . Leukemia death rates in U.S. children near nuclear reactors rose sharply (vs. the national trend) in the past two decades, according to a recent study. The greatest […]

  • EDUCATING NEW JERSEY ON THE RISKS OF THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR REACTOR

    Posted by admin on September 3, 2008

    Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBARadiation and Public Health Project Background On January 1, 2007, RPHP began an educational campaign to educate the public and officials about health risks posed by the Oyster Creek nuclear reactor. Oyster Creek, located just south of Toms River NJ, is the oldest of 104 U.S. reactors. It began operating in 1969, […]