Dr. Janette Sherman on the true magnitude of the Chernobyl meltdown and the staggering health effects of nuclear radiation
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Dr. Janette Sherman
Dr Caldicott interviews Janette D. Sherman, M.D., a specialist in internal medicine and toxicology. Dr. Sherman has published more than 70 articles in the scientific literature and also writes for the popular press to provide information to the concerned public. Dr. Sherman is the author of Life’s Delicate Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer, and Chemical Exposure and Disease. She has recently completed the translation and editing of the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and Nature, published by the New York Academy of Sciences in December 2009, which indicates that nearly one million people were killed by the Chernobyl disaster. Dr. Sherman has been an advisor to the National Cancer Institute on breast cancer and to the EPA on pesticides. She is a resource person and speaker for universities and health advocacy groups concerning cancer, birth defects, pesticides, toxic dumpsites, and nuclear radiation. As background for this interview, read the article Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People: New Book. And read the review by Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D. of the Chernobyl book.
April 24th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Oh my god, I have just come across this information, and this is the saddest thing I have ever heard, and to know that Fukushima is just adding another huge pile of radioactive material that will expose internally so many of us, is very alarming, thanks for bringing this to public awareness, I just hope it reaches widespread knowledge.