Author: Joseph J. Mangano
Edition: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1566703344
Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage: An Atomic Era Legacy
Atomic weapons and nuclear power plants: they promised to ensure world peace and provide efficient energy to Americans during the 1940s and 1950s. Medical books Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage. Meanwhile, the postwar prosperity led to the most dramatic population explosion ever witnessed in the United States: the "baby boomer" generation.
Times and politics may change, but many baby boomers-as well as their descendants-now live with an unforeseen result of the nuclear age. Rates of immune-related diseases have risen steadily throughout the past few decades, from allergies to cancer. While advances in medical care have kept death rates relatively low, the increased prevalence of certain diseases cannot be ignored Medical books Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage : An Atomic Era Legacy. Steadily increased rates of immune-related diseases during the past few decades remain an enduring side effect of the nuclear era. Radioactive emissions caused by above-ground atomic bomb testing, nuclear weapons, and power plants continue to affect the 'Baby Boom' generation from the mid-1940s to mid-1960s. As the controversial debate continues about the consequences of low-level radiation, Mangano brings new information and research to correlate the rise of the atomic era with the decline of certain immunities. Author: Mangano, Joseph J. ISBN-10: 1566703343
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Steadily increased rates of immune-related diseases during the past few decades remain an enduring side effect of the nuclear era. Radioactive emissions caused by above-ground atomic bomb testing, nuclear weapons, and power plants continue to affect the 'Baby Boom' generation from the mid-1940s to mid-1960s. As the controversial debate continues about the consequences of low-level radiation, Mangano brings new information and research to correlate the rise of the atomic era with the decline of certain immunities. Author: Mangano, Joseph J. ISBN-10: 1566703343
Hardcover book, 240 pages. Published by CRC Press
Medical Book Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage
Meanwhile, the postwar prosperity led to the most dramatic population explosion ever witnessed in the United States: the "baby boomer" generation.
Times and politics may change, but many baby boomers-as well as their descendants-now live with an unforeseen result of the nuclear age. Rates of immune-related diseases have risen steadily throughout the past few decades, from allergies to cancer. While advances in medical care have kept death rates relatively low, the increased prevalence of certain diseases cannot be ignored.
Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage: An Atomic Era Legacy establishes an undeniable connection between the nuclear buildup of the past and the widespread health problems seen today. While baby boomers were growing up in the 40s and 50s, above-ground atomic bomb tests and startups of civilian nuclear power plants were carried out without fear of public exposure to radioactive emissions.
Although the consequences of low-level radiation are still hotly debated, Mangano's research findings emphasize a direct link between nuclear exposure and immune system deficiency. In addition to substantial data on immune disease trends among Americans born between the mid-1940s and mid-1960s, Mangano also examines similar issues concerning baby boomer children and grandchildren. Health professionals, environmentalists, historians and students alike will find much to learn from these pages.
As America and the world come to terms with the post-Cold War era, there are still many lessons to recognize, consider, and learn from the still-recent past. Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage: An Atomic Era Legacy explores a relentless trend that will not soon be over-with potential repercussions into the 21st century.
