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RPHP Report Shows Rising Local Mortality Near Alabama Nuke Plant
In May 2013, RHPP co-authored a report which found rising mortality rates downwind of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama.
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RPHP releases report on trends in radioactive contamination and local disease and death rates near the Savannah River Site nuclear plant
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Click here to read the release of the press conference announcing the new report, held February 22, 2012 in Augusta, Georgia |
20,000 Excess Cancer Cases in 15 Years Near Indian Point:
New Report Suggests Radiation Exposure May Be One Cause
Joseph J. Mangano MPH MBA
Radiation and Public Health Project
November 18, 2010
Cancer incidence rates in the four counties closest to the Indian Point nuclear plant have risen much more rapidly than U.S. rates since the early 1990s, according to a report released today. If trends in local rates had equaled U.S. trends, over 20,000 fewer local residents would have been diagnosed with the disease.
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Newborn Hypothyroidism Near The Indian Point Nuclear Plant
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
November 25, 2009
This report examines the high rates of hypothyroidism in newborns near the Indian Point nuclear reactors.
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On November 16th, 2009, RPHP held a press conference announcing its findings that the rate of thyroid cancer cases in counties closest to the Indian Point nuclear plant 35 miles north of midtown Manhattan are the highest in New York State, and among the highest in the U.S.
These findings are substantiated in detail in Mr. Mangano's article:
Geographic Variation in U.S. Thyroid Cancer Incidence and a Cluster Near Nuclear Reactors in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania published in the International Journal of Health Services Volume 39, Number 4, 2009, pages 643 - 661.
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On October 20, 2009, RPHP released its report on the cancer risk from atomic bomb testing: CANCER RISK TO AMERICANS FROM ATOMIC TEST FALLOUT, A CASE CONTROL STUDY OF STRONTIUM-90 IN BABY TEETH. Our new study finds high levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in baby teeth of U.S. “Baby Boomers” who have died of cancer. The study marks the first attempt to estimate cancer risk from bomb fallout by measuring actual levels in bodies of Americans.
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Click here for an article atout the study at St Louis Post-Dispatch
Click here to read the transcript of Health Risks of Nuclear Power and Testing, an interview with Joseph Mangano on NPR
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On
May 13, 2008, RPHP held a press conference on health risks of
Indian Point to Fairfield County CT, releasing a new report
on the health risks Indian Point poses to Connecticut. Speakers
included Joseph Mangano, Connecticut activist and breast cancer
survivor Gail Merrill, and Fairfield Town official
Larry Kaley.
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our education page to read the executive summary, full report
and our press coverage. |
Public
Health Risks Of Extending Licenses
Of The Indian Point 2 and 3 Nuclear Reactors
On November 12, 2007, RPHP released a detailed report on the
health threats posed by the Indian Point nuclear plant at a
press conference in New York City. The report contains much
original research by RPHP on radioactive contamination from
Indian Point, and on unexpectedly high cancer rates near the
plant.
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here to read the Executive Summary
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read the entire report
The press conference was reported by NBC Nightly News, CBS-2
TV NYC, NBC-4 TV NYC, Fox-5 TV NYC, ABC-7 TV NYC, New York One
TV, News-12 Westchester, WCBS-880 radio NYC, Columbia University
radio NYC, Metro Network (WABC, WOR radio) NYC, Westchester
Journal News and The New York Post.
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here to read The coverage by the Westchester Journal News |
Educating
New Jersey
On The Risks Of The Oyster Creek Nuclear Reactor
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
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here to read about our New Jersey campaign
Sections
of the above report may be accessed
by clicking below on the desired subject:
Press
Conference and Report Release
RPHP
Newspaper Editorials and Coverage
Public
Testimony
Progress
on License Extension Decision
Opinions
of Elected Officials on Oyster Creek |
Health Risks Of Adding New Reactors To The Alvin Vogtle Nuclear Plant
This report focuses on radioactive contamination from the Georgia Vogtle reactors 1 and 2 and on the health consequences of adding new reactors to the Vogtle site.
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH MBA
January 4, 2007
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Click here to see CNN program about building reactors
Read Common Dreams article
Read Los Angeles Times article |
Geographic
Variance In Pennsylvania Thyroid Cancer Incidence And The Link
With Nuclear Power Reactors
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
February 14, 2007
Click
here to read this report regarding high thyroid cancer rates
and proximity to nuclear power plants. |
The South Florida Baby
Teeth and Cancer Case Study
This study was officially
released April 9th, 2003. The Study finds that infants and
children are especially vulnerable to cancer caused by federally-permitted
radiation releases from nuclear reactors such as the Turkey
Point and St. Lucie nuclear power plants, located in southeast
Florida.
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Environmental
Radiation from Nuclear Reactors and Increasing Children's
Cancer in Southeastern Florida
The Florida Baby Tooth Study
March 28, 2001
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20
Million Premature US Deaths Since 1950
Read
this important article and two charts by Dr. Gould.
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USA
Newborn Deterioration In The Nuclear Age, 1945-1996
Low-birthweight babies and infant mortality in the nuclear
age--presented March 1998 at the International Congress
On The Effects Of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation. The paper
focuses on the effects of radiation on infants in the United
States. Charts are given for each state in the US for both
low birthweights and infant mortality.
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View the abstract. |
16
Million Radiation Deaths and Counting
Although not by RPHP, we couldn't agree more with the article
by Dr. Rosalie Bertell entitled 16 Million Radiation Deaths
and Counting.
We have included a link to the article here because we believe
everyone should read it. The summary below is from the rat haus
site, which also hosts the article.
The issue of radioactive pollution--from nuclear testing
fallout, from the routine emissions of nuclear (commercial or
military) reactors, from the billions of tons of uranium tailings
left exposed at sites around the globe, from the massive amounts
of low level and high level radioactive waste generated every
year for decades from hundreds of commercial, military and research
reactors around the globe--far from being the passe story
the industry's PR hacks and media assets constantly present
it as, is the number-one problem our children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, ad infinitum,
will have to deal with for at least the next 240,000 years. The damage to the integrity of the gene pool is still being
assessed as well as increased. And all this has happened in
less than the past fifty years. The challenge is paramount. Denial promises extinction of all our relations.
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the article |
Chernobyl
and the Collapse of Soviet Society
March 15, 1993 By Jay
M. Gould.
Read
the article |
| Testimony and Conference Proceedings |
Joseph Mangano Testifies at NJ DEP Hearing
On February 24, 2010, Joseph Mangano submitted testimony at the public hearing of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in Lacey Township NJ. The hearing was called to hear opinions on the DEP proposal to mandate the construction of cooling towers at the Oyster Creek nuclear plant.
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Testimony of Joseph J. Mangano to the NRC Regarding Indian Point License Renewal
Cortlandt Manor NY,
February 12, 2009
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Testimony
of Joseph J. Mangano, MPH MBA
To The New Jersey Commission on Radiation Protection
February 16, 2005
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Comment submitted to the NRC regarding re-licensing the Turkey Point 3 and 4 Reactors
(NUREG-1437, SUPPLEMENT 5)
July 17, 2001
Principal Author Joseph Mangano, MPH, MBA,
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