The Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) is a nonprofit educational + scientific group. We work to understand effects of nuclear radiation+public health.
Today, Earth Day, reminds us of our obligation to preserve the natural wonders on this planet... now, and for future generations. #earthday
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The 2023 documentary "Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak" is now available on 5 streaming platforms, with another 7 platforms to be added soon.
Below is a link to the Amazon platform. The others now available are Google Play, Vimeo, Youtube, and Hoopla.
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Today an article by Harvard School of Public Health researchers concludes there were 115,586 excess cancer deaths from 2000-2018 among Americans living near nuclear power reactors.
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Today's Syracuse Post-Standard includes a Guest Opinion on health hazards of proposals to build and operate five large new nuclear reactors, and keep four existing reactors open until 2049 in New York State.
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A team from Harvard, writing in the journal Environmental Health, concluded living near nuclear plants is linked with 20,600 excess cancer cases in Massachusetts from 2000-18, for persons age >45. Excesses occurred for 15 types of cancer.
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Sept. 29 press event sponsored by the Iowa Sierra Club, on the concerns of re-starting the permanently closed Duane Arnold nuclear reactor ---- including data on rising rates of cancer diagnosed in local children and adults in their 20s and 30s. https://t.co/90pZAUenp5
Today's Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists includes an article calls for the U.S. government to support a study of cancer near nuclear plants - by researchers independent of government and industry who have published articles on radiation health risk.
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It would be dangerous to restart this plant so close to millions of people
Indian Point, the long-shuttered nuclear plant near New York City, is suddenly being considered for revival thanks to surging power demand and mounting enthusiasm for atomic energy https://t.co/mbjIYq1Y4Q
8/8/25 Greenville Sun article on new report. The death rate in Greene County TN, downstream of the Nuclear Fuel Services plant, was slightly above the U.S. rate until the early 1990s. Now it's 80% higher. NFS produces fuel for nuclear reactors and weapons.
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The life of Bob Alvarez, long-time champion of reducing health threats of nuclear weapons and power, is described in the New York Times obituary, July 18, 2025.
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CDC data show when nuclear reactors close down, immediate and drastic declines in local infant deaths and low-weight births follow. Infants are much more susceptible to radiation exposure than older humans.
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Long time expert on nuclear issues Bob Alvarez passed away on July 1.
The world is a better and healthier place because ob Bob's passion.
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Local cancer death rates have risen near the Palisades nuclear reactor in Michigan, which shut in 2022. But the owner (Holtec) is trying to re-start it. https://t.co/bQOzTnN9hj