Comments on: Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki on birth defects caused by Chernobyl and how nuclear power devastates human health https://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6431 A weekly radio program with Dr. Helen Caldicott Sat, 30 May 2026 18:16:50 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Painter https://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6431&cpage=1#comment-1835 David Painter Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:59:25 +0000 https://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6431#comment-1835 Brilliant exposition of the genetic and celular processes affected by radiation. Well done! Astonishing. I tried to ctc Dr Wetelecki to thank him but the email accociated with the WAO link failed. Please pass on if possible: Dear Dr Wertelecki Thank you so much for your talk with Dr Helen Caldicott! I was 13 years old when Chernobyl occurred and naively thought that grown ups were kind and clever people who would work together to ensure that everything was carefully studied and learned and taken care of... Recently I started to do some research and I was absolutely astounded to find the lack of scientific literature on this topic. Thank you not just for your talk with Helen, but for taking responsibility when so many others have turned their backs on these terrible events and the future of this planet. Please continue to do what you can to engage with the community of people who love this planet so we can learn from your wonderful work and your clear intelligent explanatory powers! In great admiration and gratitude, David Painter Brilliant exposition of the genetic and celular processes affected by radiation. Well done! Astonishing. I tried to ctc Dr Wetelecki to thank him but the email accociated with the WAO link failed. Please pass on if possible:

Dear Dr Wertelecki

Thank you so much for your talk with Dr Helen Caldicott! I was 13 years old when Chernobyl occurred and naively thought that grown ups were kind and clever people who would work together to ensure that everything was carefully studied and learned and taken care of… Recently I started to do some research and I was absolutely astounded to find the lack of scientific literature on this topic. Thank you not just for your talk with Helen, but for taking responsibility when so many others have turned their backs on these terrible events and the future of this planet.

Please continue to do what you can to engage with the community of people who love this planet so we can learn from your wonderful work and your clear intelligent explanatory powers!

In great admiration and gratitude,

David Painter

]]> By: Christina Macpherson https://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6431&cpage=1#comment-1831 Christina Macpherson Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:53:35 +0000 https://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=6431#comment-1831 This extraordinarily informative interview should not be missed. Clearly explaining the differences between teratogenic (affecting the embryo or foetus) and genetic abnormailities - (originating from a gene, inherited) Dr Wertelecki remedies the great gap in information on the effects of Chernobyl. I could not help wondering, today, as I read about the high level of rural Chinese babies with birth defects - wondering about what China does with its radioactive wastes. The press item from Beijing News attributed this to the age of mothers, alcohol etc. But, to give them credit - the article also mentions radioactivity as a cause. https://www.beijingnews.net/index.php?sid/209107845/scat/55582c89cb296d4c/ht/900000-Chinese-born-with-birth-defects-every-year This extraordinarily informative interview should not be missed. Clearly explaining the differences between teratogenic (affecting the embryo or foetus) and genetic abnormailities - (originating from a gene, inherited) Dr Wertelecki remedies the great gap in information on the effects of Chernobyl.

I could not help wondering, today, as I read about the high level of rural Chinese babies with birth defects - wondering about what China does with its radioactive wastes. The press item from Beijing News attributed this to the age of mothers, alcohol etc.

But, to give them credit - the article also mentions radioactivity as a cause. https://www.beijingnews.net/index.php?sid/209107845/scat/55582c89cb296d4c/ht/900000-Chinese-born-with-birth-defects-every-year

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