Radiation and Chernobyl : This Generation and Beyond

Topics include (1) Heritable, in utero, cancer & thyroid effects of ionizing radiation from Chernobyl or any other source; (2) Sample problems showing how to estimate personal or collective risks from doses of any size; (3) Warnings about pitfalls which can easily produce false findings in future Chernobyl health studies. In RADIATION & CHERNOBYL, Gofman shows why it is scientifically reasonable to use much higher risk-estimates than governments provide. This book shows readers each step & assumption of the analyses, instead of results from inscrutable computer programs. Because all terms are defined, this work is accessible to readers who are unfamiliar with the fields. Gofman proposes & tests the hypothesis that ionizing radiation (a masterful chromosome-breaker) may account for about half of humanity's accumulated genetic afflictions. If correct, then Chernobyl fallout alone will induce about 25 million cases of affliction over all time. Gofman also proposes that hypothyroidism induced by radioactive iodine from Chernobyl may explain various health complaints starting in the ex-USSR soon after the accident. Gofman is a doctor of nuclear/physical chemistry, physician, professor emeritus of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, & former Assistant Director of the Livermore National Laboratory 1963-69.Gofman, John W. is the author of 'Radiation and Chernobyl : This Generation and Beyond', published 1994 under ISBN 9780932682932 and ISBN 0932682936.