The Most Important Press Conference on Fukushima Impact, To Date

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYCWTpUuLU&feature=player_embedded

On Tuesday April 26, 2011, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) held a joint press conference with Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) and the Institute for Policy Studies’ Robert Alvarez on the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to public health 25 years after the accident, the continuing nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, and the lessons from both for U.S. public health and safety. It is the most COMPELLING press conference I've ever seen on the subject and asks poses some difficult scenarios to consider should a Fukushima disaster occur on our homeland.

The speakers are:

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Ranking Member, Natural Resources Committe

PSR Immediate Past President Jeff Patterson, DO

Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies

PSR President-Elect Andrew S. Kanter, MD, MPH

PSR Member of the Board Ira Helfand, MD

Remember, there are no safe levels of radiation.