The Day 2  videos, Cindy Folkers, Mary Olson, Kevin Kamps & David Freeman are now posted below!!

(The rest of the videos will be posted in mid June)

Tuesday March 12th, 9AM~6:30PM (Day2) 

The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY

A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome.

A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, the symposium is being co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

“Day 2 Opening Remark by Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH”
HD, 6 min 55 sec, in English

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH
Session Chair, Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Lessons from Chernobyl”
HD, 21 min 37 sec, in English

Dr. Alexey Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences

“Remark after Dr. Alexey Yablokov Lecture”
HD, 1 min 33 sec, in English

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH
Session Chair, Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Congenital Malformations in Rivne Polossia and the Chernobyl Accident”
HD, 32 min 19 sec, in English

Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki
Former Chair of the Department of Medical Genetics and Birth Defects
University of South Alabama

“Remark after Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki Lecture”
HD, 1 min 56 sec, in English

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH
Session Chair, Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima: source terms: health effects”
HD, 38 min 53 sec, in English

Dr. Ian Fairlie
Radiation Biologist and Independent Consultant

“Health Impacts of Radiation Release from Nuclear Facilities: Lessons Past and Present”
HD, 31 min 41 sec, in English

Dr. Steven Wing
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina

“Post Fukushima Increases in Newborn Hypothyroidism on the West Coast of USA”
HD, 16 min 38 sec, in English

Joseph Mangano
Executive Director
Radiation and Public Health Project

“Remark after Joseph Mangano Lecture and Introduction of Robert Alvalez”
HD, 1 min 24 sec, in English

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH
Session Chair, Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Reducing the Risks of Spent Power Reactor Fuel”
HD, 30 min 14 sec, in English

Robert Alvarez
Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC
Former Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Energy Department under President Clinton

“Report from Japan: Introduction”
HD, 3 min 24 sec, in English

Kazko Kawai
Voices for Lively Spring

“Report from Japan: Health Effects Seen in Children”
HD, 4 min 52 sec, in English

Yurika Hashimoto, MD
Since June 2011, Dr. Hashimoto has seen more than 500 affected children

in Fukushima and other areas in East Japan.

“Report from Japan: Overall Health Situations in Japan”
HD, 11 min 8 sec, in English

Mari Takenouchi
Journalist
Mari left Tokyo on March 15, 2011 for Okinawa. Concerned about the health situation in Japan, she sent a 56-page letter to the UN.

“Report from Japan: Debris~the World of Corruption~”
HD, 12 min 33 sec, in English

Kazko Kawai
Voices for Lively Spring
Kazko became an activist when the debris problem arose.

“Report from Japan: My Observation in Japan”
HD, 8 min 20 sec, in English

Jeffrey Patterson, DO
President / Physicians for Social Responsibility

Dr. Patterson was engaged in talks in Japan after the IPPNW world congress in Hiroshima last August, and also took part in health interviews with local families.

“Report from Japan”
HD, 1 min 34 sec, in English

Participant Comment

“Remark on Joseph Mangano Lecture”
HD, 2 min 39 sec, in English

Donald Louria, MD
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

“Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring in the US”
HD, 17 min 24 sec, in English

Cindy Folkers
Radiation and Health Specialist
Beyond Nuclear

“Gender Matters in the Atomic Age”
HD, 17 min 30 sec, in English

Mary Olson
Southeast Regional Director
Nuclear Information & Resource Service

The NIRS radiation health effects page

“Seventy Years of Radioactive Risks in Japan and America”
HD, 29 min 55 sec, in English

Kevin Kamps
Specialist in High Level Waste Management and Transportation
Beyond Nuclear

“My Experience with Nuclear Power”
HD, 24 min 47 sec, in English

David Freeman
Former Chair
Tennessee Valley Authority

Monday March 11th, 9AM~6PM (Day1) Eastern Time

The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY

A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome.

A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, the symposium is being co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

“Opening Remark by Donald Louria, MD”
HD, 8 min 26 secs, in English

Donald Louria, MD
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

“What Did They Know and When Did They Know It?”
HD, 30 min 33 secs, in English

Arnie Gundersen
Nuclear Engineer
Fairewinds Associates

“Another Unsurprising Surprise”
HD, 18 min 16 sec, in English

David Lochbaum
Union of Concerned Scientists

“Remark after David Lochbaum Lecture”
HD, 2 min 9 sec, in English

Donald Louria, MD
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

“What Became Clear in the Diet Fukushima Investigation Committee”
HD, 25 min 34 sec, in English

Hisako Sakiyama, MD
Doctor of Medicine, Former Senior Researcher in National Institute Radiological Sciences
Member of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigative Commission

“Remark after Hisami Sakiyama Lecture”
HD, 2 min 4 sec, in English

Donald Louria, MD
Chairman Emeritus
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

“What Did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident”
HD, 22 min 29 sec, in English

Akio Matsumura
Founder of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders

“Press Conference with US Navy Quartermasters (retired) who suffered radiation exposure and subsequent health damage while serving on the USS Ronald Reagan during a Fukushima aid and rescue mission”

HD, 27 min 8 sec, in English

Jeff Patterson, DO
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Helen Caldicott, MD
Helen Caldicott Foundation
Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis
Retired US Navy Quartermaster, USS Ronald Reagan

“The Implications of Massive Radiation Contamination of Japan with Radioactive Cesium”
HD, 21 min 10 sec, in English

Steven Starr
Senior Scientist, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Clinical Laboratory Science Program Director, University of Missouri

“Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Other Hot Places: Biological Implications”
HD, 35 min 4 sec, in English

Dr. Timothy Mousseau
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina

“Remark after Dr. Timothy Mousseau”
HD, 1 min 44 sec, in English

Helen Caldicott, MD
Founding President Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Fukushima Ocean Impacts”
HD, 35 min 4 sec, in English

Ken Buesseler
Marine Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Remark after Dr. Marek Niedziela Video Lecture”
HD, 6 min 32 sec, in English

Helen Caldicott, MD
Founding President Physicians for Social Responsibility

“Living with Uncertainty About Low Dose Radiation Risks”
HD, 29 min 51 sec, in English

David Brenner, PhD, DSc
Center for Radiological Research
College of Physicians and Surgeon
Columbia University

“Q & A”
HD, 29 min 51 sec, in English

Panelists:
David Brenner, PhD, DSc
Dr. Timothy Mousseau
Ken Buesseler
Steven Starr

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Japan Society Presents
“Atomic Bomb Survivors Meet Descendants of Harry Truman and the Manhattan Project”
May 2nd Thursday
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Harry Truman, and Dr. Cynthia Miller, daughter of the Manhattan Project’s Delos Van Dine, will share personal histories with two atomic bomb survivors: Shigeko Sasamori and Jong-keun Lee. Followed by Q&A. For invited high school groups only.

Co-hosted with Youth Arts New York/Hibakusha Stories.

Please review last October’s event!

“My Experiences as Prime Minister during the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster”
HD, 16 min, in Japanese with English Subtitle

Naoto KAN

Member of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet, Former Prime Minister of Japan

“Fukushima Daiichi: A Chronological Account of the Disaster”
HD, 14 min 53 sec, in Japanese with English Subtitle

Hiroaki Koide

Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Assistant Professor at the Kyoto University Research Institute, Nuclear Waste Management & Safety Expert

Videographed & Edited by Intertelemedia, Inc
Translated by Kazko Kawai, Voices for Lively Spring
Subtitled by East River Films Inc

The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY

Monday March 11th, 9AM~6PM (Day1) & Tuesday 12th, 9AM~6PM (Day2) Eastern Time

A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome.

A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, the symposium is being co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

The Presenters:

The event will be chaired by Donald Louria, MD: Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey.

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Tim Mousseau, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina – Chernobyl, Fukushima and Other Hot Places, Biological Consequences

Ken Buesseler, Marine Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute –Consequences for the Ocean of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

David Lochbaum, The Union of Concerned Scientists – Another Unsurprising Surprise

Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki, President of the Board, OMNI-Net Ukraine Child Development Programs (current). Professor of Biomedical Anthropology (Adjunct) Graduate Program in Biomedical Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY (2011-). Former Chair of the Department of Medical Genetics and Birth Defects, University of South Alabama, 1974-2010 – Congenital Malformations in Rivne Polossia and the Chernobyl Accident

Dr. Marek Niedziela, Professor of Pediatrics, Poznan (Poland) University of Medical Sciences – Differential diagnosis of ultrasonographic thyroid lesions in children

Dr. Alexy Yablokov, Russian Academy of Sciences – Lessons from Chernobyl

Akio Matsumura, Founder of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders – What did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident?

Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies, formerly of DoE – Management of Spent Fuel Pools and Radioactive Waste

Arnie Gundersen, Nuclear Engineer, Fairewinds Associates – What Did They Know and When Did They Know It?

Dr. David Brenner, Higgins Professor Radiation Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University – Mechanistic Models for Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Living Systems

Dr. Steven Wing, Associate Professor Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University North Carolina – Epidemiologic studies of radiation releases from nuclear facilities: Lessons past and present.

Steven Starr, Senior Scientist, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Clinical Laboratory Science Program Director, University of Missouri – The implications of the massive contamination of Japan with radioactive cesium

David Freeman, Engineer and Attorney, Former Chairman of TVA, Office of Science and Technology in charge of energy and the environment in the Johnson White House, and for 2 years under Nixon –The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Power

Dr. Ian Fairlie, Radiation Biologist and Independent Consultant on Radiation Risks, Former Scientific Secretary to UK Government’s Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters – The Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima: Nuclear Source Terms, Initial Health Effects

Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH FACMI, Immediate Past-President of Physicians for Social Responsibility – Moderator, Health Effects Panel.

Dr. Hisako Sakiyama, Doctor of Medicine, Former Senior Researcher in National Institute Radiological Sciences, Member of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigative Commission  – Risk Assessment of Low Dose Radiation in Japan; What Became Clear to The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission

Dr. Herbert Abrams, Stanford University, Emeritus Professor Radiology, Stanford University, Member Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Committee National Academy Sciences (BEIR V11)  – “The Hazards of Low-level Ionizing Radiation: Controversy and Evidence.”

Kevin Kamps, Specialist in High Level Waste Management and Transportation, Beyond Nuclear – Seventy Years of Radioactive Risks in Japan and America

Joseph Mangano, Executive Director, Radiation and Public Health Project, speaking on a new article about increases in newborn hypothyroidism.

Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Southeast – Gender Matters in the Atomic Age

Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Specialist, Beyond Nuclear - Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring

Hiroaki Koide, Master of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), Specialist of Radiation Safety and Control.

Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founding President Physicians for Social Responsibility – The Nuclear Age and Future Generations

HD, 39 min 32 sec, in English

LIFELINES CENTER Cogent Talk About A Complex World

Tuesday, January 8 at 7:00 p.m. in Reidy Friendship Hall

Recent scientific studies reveal that even a “limited” nuclear war would cause disastrous effects on global climate change and undoubtedly result in severe global famine. An expert in several areas, including nuclear power, nuclear waste, radiation exposure, the Iran nuclear crisis, nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, and global warming and clean energy options, Dr. Kanter will address practical action steps to protect human beings and the planet by working steadily and assiduously toward the complete abolition of nuclear weapons.

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH is President of the New York City Chapter and Member of the National Board of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University. He also currently the directs the Health Information Systems/Medical Informatics program for the Millennium Villages Project of the Earth Institute at Columbia. Dr. Kanter has been involved with Physicians for Social Responsibility since 1982 when he started a chapter at UCLA. In 1985 he was appointed as the first full-time Medical Student Liaison to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He has traveled extensively around the world and has had first-hand experience of the effects of militarism on development and the environment

This program is co-sponsored by the Lifelines Center, the All Souls Peace and Justice
Task Force, and the All Souls Nuclear Disarmament Task Force

OWS Environmental Solidarity
New Manhattan Project
Abolition 2000
Shut Down Indian Point Now!
Todos Somos Japon
Eco-Logic WBAI 99.5
Coalition To Ban Depleted Uranium

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OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

Location-Based Radiation Dose Estimates by US Dep. of Defense.

Here’s in Japanese. 

Today Is The Day Inaugural Benefit Event
November 27th 2012
@ The Jane Ballroom, NYC

The Jane Hotel Ballroom hosted the launch of TODAY IS THE DAY Foundation with a live auction, performances, cocktails and special creations by the chefs at NI.

A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit children at risk of developing thyroid cancer from exposure to radiation from the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Forty to fifty percent of children in Fukushima have already been diagnosed with thyroid abnormality since the beginning of the disaster.

TODAY IS THE DAY Benefit Auction was hosted online by Paddle8.

TODAY IS THE DAY is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of TODAY IS THE DAY must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Proceeds from TODAY IS THE DAY benefit auction, ticket sales and all other financial support will be eligible for tax exemption through the Fiscal Sponsorship of Fractured Atlas a 501(c) non-profit arts organization in New York.

For sponsorship and partnership opportunities,
contact - todayisthedayfoundation@earthlink.net

More info.

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