By any reasonable standard of proof, the combination of human epidemiology and track-analysis demonstrates that there is no threshold dose or dose-rate below which "repair" invariably prevents health harm. — John Gofman Copy Share Image
There is no safe dose of radiation since radiation is cumulative. Harm in the form of excess human cancer occurs at all doses of ionizing radiation, down to the lowest conceivable dose and dose rate. — John Gofman Copy Share Image
In truth, Edward Teller ran the Livermore Lab, but for public purposes he liked it better to be known as only an associate director — John Gofman Copy Share
Ionizing radiation may well be the most important single cause of cancer, birth defects and genetic disorders... The stakes for human health are very,… — John Gofman Copy Share
Plutonium is so hazardous that if you had a fully developed nuclear economy with breeder reactors fueled with plutonium, and you managed to contain… — John Gofman Copy Share
My estimate is that about 94,000 cancer fatalities for the future are being induced with each year of medical diagnostic X-rays (in US). — John Gofman Copy Share
By any reasonable standard of proof, the combination of human epidemiology and track-analysis demonstrates that there is no threshold dose or dose-rate below which… — John Gofman Copy Share
There is no safe dose of radiation since radiation is cumulative. Harm in the form of excess human cancer occurs at all doses of… — John Gofman Copy Share
