Workshop Report from SGR Conference 'New Science - New Danger' (1996)

Wings of Death - Low-Level Radiation

Report written by Alasdair Philips

For most of the workshop, Chris Busby presented his hypothesis of second event radiation damage, in a fascinating talk with overhead projector slides. He offered his hypothesis as an explanation of why low-level radiation may be more damaging than generally thought. The discussion was partly about the difficulty of getting controversial ideas published in peer-reviewed journals. Chris eventually bypassed this difficulty by publishing his hypothesis in full in his book "Wings of Death", which was reviewed in the previous issue (No. 13, pp. 12-13) and enabled his ideas to be discussed around the world. The workshop encouraged Chris to make another attempt to have a formal paper published, by trying several other journals. It noted that "nuclear" science is more controlled by the "establishment" than many other areas of science. Chris was also advised to have samples from Alderney analysed, and have their results published.

 

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