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Mar102021

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Zoom Press Conference: Health Studies Near Fermi Nuclear Plant, Monroe County, Michigan

Source:  Beyond Nuclear http://www.beyondnuclear.org/

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Joseph Mangano 484-948-7965
Michael Keegan 734-770-1441

MEDIA ADVISORY

Zoom Press Conference:
Health Studies Near Fermi Nuclear Plant,
Monroe County, Michigan

[MONROE COUNTY, MICHIGAN – March 11, 2021 -- Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, ten years on] --

When: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Eastern time (US and Canada)
 
What: Zoom press conference on the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima meltdown, announcing:
1. Release of a new report showing Monroe county cancer death rate increase since Fermi 2 nuclear plant [largest Fukushima Daiichi twin design on Earth, General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactor] startup;
2. Announcement of new effort to collect baby teeth near Fermi, to be laboratory tested for levels of radioactive Strontium-90.
 
Who: Speakers include:
Joseph Mangano, Executive Director, Radiation and Public Health Project
Author of new report on cancer;
 
Christie Brinkley, Board member, Radiation and Public Health Project
Native of Monroe County, Michigan;
 
Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan.
 
Endorsed by:   Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 (ATHF3), Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT), Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes (CNFGL), Don't Waste Michigan (DWM) and Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP).
 
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Meeting ID: 974 9358 3442
Passcode:  FPC
 
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