ÒThe genome is the most valuable treasure of human kind. It determines the life of our descendants and the harmonious development of the future generations. As experts, we confirm that the health of future generations is threatened by the expansion of the nuclear industry and the growth of the quantity of radioactive sources.Ó This is how, in 1956, the expert group on genetics at the WHO assessed the threat that ionising radiation represented to the human genetic legacy.
For more than half a century, the health consequences of nuclear accidents, like Chernobyl and Fukushima, have been hidden from the general public, with the complicity of WHO, subordinated to the nuclear establishment.
In the face of this complete denial of the negative biological effects of radioactive contamination, the Collective IndependentWho-Health and Nuclear Power has organized in November 2014 a Forum on the Genetic Effects of Ionising Radiation.
This publication constitutes its Proceedings.