From Beyond Nuclear: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/6/15/remembering-dr-rosalie-bertell.html
June 15, 2012
We
mourn the passing of Dr. Rosalie Bertell, age 83, who died peacefully
on June 14. Rosalie Bertell, scientist and Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart,
was a tireless and compassionate advocate for those poisoned by
chemical and radiological weapons and contamination.
Her book, "No
Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactice Earth" published in 1985,
was the first book to reveal the dangers of low-level radiation.
Rosalie
received her Ph. D. degree in Biometrics with minors in Biology and
Biochemistry from the Catholic University of America, in 1966. Since
that time she has worked as a biometrician and environmental
epidemiologist. By choice, Dr. Bertell worked for the victims or
potential victims of industrial, technological and military pollution
with a particular emphasis on assisting the struggles of third world and
indigenous people to preserve their Human Right to life and health. Her
major concerns were with the dangers associated with economic
globalization, war and the proliferation of chemical and radioactive
pollutants as the result of preparation for war and the toxic products
and processes developed from weapons research and production.
The
International Institute of Concern for Public Health (IICPH), of which
she was Founder and Immediate Past President, opened its doors in 1984
in Toronto Canada and continues to serve as an institutional support for
her work. She was also a founding member of the International
Commission of Health Professionals, and the International Association of
Humanitarian Medicine.
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