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US Newspaper reports on link between birth defects and eating radioactive contamination — One piece of contaminated food may deliver radiation of hundreds of x-rays

Sally Pearsall Ericson

Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki, a physician, geneticist and professor, could rest on the laurels of a prestigious career with international accomplishments.

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According to the British medical journal Lancet (www.thelancet.com) of April 24, 2010, the results of Wertelecki’s child development investigations have re-ignited a controversy among international agencies and scientists concerning the impact of internalized radiation through contaminated food on birth defects.

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At a recent scientific colloquium at the University of South Alabama, Wertelecki pointed out two main lessons learned from the Chernobyl and the Fukushima-Daiichi disasters:

“It is not the scale of a nuclear accident itself that makes a human disaster it is the response by officials afterward and the public panic produced. The public should not be treated as idiots and told only the ‘good half’ of the story, as is often done by official agencies. People have the right to know, the need to believe those who are in charge.”

Wertelecki’s investigations in Ukraine show elevated population rates of certain types of birth defects, mostly of the brain and spinal cord, according to his 2010 article in “Pediatrics,” the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/125/4/e836). However, the geneticist noted, statistics illuminate realities but cannot prove causes.

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The impact of the bombs was external radiation, which was intense but short-lived, said the physician. The impact of Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi is ongoing and radiation still in the environment is inhaled or swallowed, leading to accumulation in the body. One mushroom eaten in affected areas may deliver as much radiation as hundreds of chest x-rays, he concluded.

This accumulation is most worrisome for pregnant women. Radiation is an agent that can not only cause birth defects, but alter the human genome with long-term effects on future generations, he stated.

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A recent review of the results of these studies warranted additional funding from the NIH to expand ongoing investigations. Among his aims, said Wertelecki, is the expansion of the current international research consortium of scientists, “because no single scientific or humanitarian discipline alone can address the complex issues arising from the Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi disasters.”

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He will soon address other groups in Baltimore, Glasgow, Tokyo, Kyoto and Budapest.

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