Beyond Nuclear examines unhealthy and unscientific UN assumptions on radiation

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), released a press statement and a video on May 31, 2012, recognizing children are more vulnerable to radiation exposure. They also announced the release of a long-needed report examining in detail the ways children are more sensitive. Unfortunately, in the context of Fukushima contamination, UNSCEAR still clings to the currently untestable notion that radiation releases from Fukushima were not large enough to produce any observable health impact over the long-term; and that mental anguish will probably be the largest fallout. Beyond Nuclear examines why these and other assumptions like these pose a danger to people in areas already contaminated by nuclear catastrophes, and to those who may someday have to face unexpected, large radiation releases.