Beyond Nuclear book talk on radiation and children

Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, will discuss her essay "Radiation and Children: The Ignored Victims" that appeared in the book Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World, on Monday, October 10, 2011, 6:30 pm at Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street, NW Washington DC.

Cindy will be part of an author panel and will talk about the particular risk radiation exposure poses to children - especially relevant in light of the similar dangers currently being faced by children in Fukushima, Japan.  Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World, is a collection of essays that focuses on the experience of victims, and creative ways to address increasing assaults including wars, terrorist acts and environmental pollution.

“ A book and an unexploded bomb may lay equally motionless, but their kinetic potential is vastly different. A bomb may kill hundreds of people, but a book can change millions—think of Common Sense, Das Kapital, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or The Gulag Archipelago. To that energizing company, add Transforming Terror. This practical, inspiring book cuts through moral relativism by defining terror according to how it affects its victims. It is a luminous collection of wisdom. You’ll want many of these essays in your library forever. I needed to read it and you do, too. ”-Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall

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