NH #547: Nuclear Reactor Radiation, Kids and Cancer: Joseph Mangano

Nuclear reactor radiation releases are known to impact health, especially in kids,
who are particularly vulnerable to radiation exposure that can lead to cancer.

This Week's Featured Interview:

• Nuclear reactor radiation and its impact on public health - especially that of children - is the focus of the work of Joseph Mangano.  He is a health researcher and epidemiologist who has served as a director of Radiation and Public Health Project since 1989.  Mangano is author or co-author of 33 medical journal articles on radiation health, and is the author of the books Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage: An Atomic Era Legacy (1998) and Radioactive Baby Teeth: The Cancer Link (2008). He managed the study of Strontium-90 in baby teeth, and now manages the citizen-based radiation monitoring programs near the Indian Point NY and Oyster Creek NJ nuclear plants.  We spoke for Nuclear Hotseat #418 from June 26, 2019.

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):

The ex-sex partner of Person of the Year's Elon Musk (GAK!) got dumped by him in September, so here it is December and she's decided to become a pro-nuclear Social Influencer!  This make-up maven-cum-singer is telling the kids on Tik Tok why they should support Diablo Canyon's nuclear reactor in continuing to operate because hey, "green," etc. (and her make-up is terrific!).

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