1st Edition
Low-Level Radiation and Immune System Damage An Atomic Era Legacy
By Joseph J. Mangano
Copyright 1999
239 Pages
by
CRC Press
239 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Atomic weapons and nuclear power plants: they promised to ensure world peace and provide efficient energy to Americans during the 1940s and 1950s. Meanwhile, the post war prosperity led to the most dramatic population explosion ever witnessed in the United States: the "baby boomer" generation.Times and politics may change, but many baby boomers-as well as their descendants-now live with an... Read more
Part 1: Political Decisions Usher in Man-Made Radiations 1. Introduction 2. The 40s and 50s: Hot War and Cold War 3. The 60s and 70s: Nuclear Progress Amidst Fear and Doubt 4. The 80s and 90s: Disasters, Reflection, and Revisionism Part 2: Health Effects and the Baby Boomers 4. Infancy 6. Childhood 7. Adolescence/Early Adulthood 8. Middle Age 9. Health Effects and the Post-1983 Generation Part 3: The Great Challenge for Present and Future America 10. Demonstrating Low-Level Radiation's Health Effects: Convincing Scientists and the Public 11. Radiation Exposure and the Future: Great Fear and Great Hope
Biography
Mangano, Joseph J.
