From the San Onofre Syndrome Team and the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network
Transcript: https://nislappdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Final-Transcript-FFAN-Congressional-Briefing-7.15.24.pdf
Recording: https://youtu.be/Cbk-gYgVI9s
Additional information and update: https://nislappdc.org/fukushima-fallout/
Radioactive Contamination of US Food and Water
and What Congress Can Do About It
Monday July 15, 2pm Eastern time
You’re invited to attend an online Congressional Briefing for members of Congress and their staffs on the growing problem of radioactive contamination of US food and water and what Congress can do about it.
The briefing will be held via Zoom on Monday, July 15 at 2pm Eastern time. Registration is required.
Distinguished experts and leaders presenting at the briefing include:
- US Congresswoman Cori Bush – Representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District (invited)
- Arjun Makhijani – Nuclear engineer, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, author of Exploring Tritium’s Dangers, member of an independent scientists’ panel commissioned by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to review radioactive dumping from Fukushima into the Pacific
- Prof. Bob Richmond – University of Hawaii Marine Biologist, expert in biological uptake of radiation in the oceans, member of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat panel on Fukushima
- Kimberly Roberson – Project Director, Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN). She served on the board of National Association of Nutrition Professionals and helped organize the FFAN Coalition which petitioned FDA for better food regulations following the Fukushima disaster.
- James Gormley – President and Senior Policy Advisor of Citizens for Health and a leading consumer health advocate
- Moderator Cindy Folkers – Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist with Beyond Nuclear
Radioactive contamination stands to get worse due to planned ongoing releases of radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific Ocean. Despite this, there are currently no binding FDA standards, very little testing or monitoring that has been made public, a lack of transparency about any such testing, and no labeling or other information available to US consumers about radioactivity in their food that can guide their choices. Food from Japan that exceeds Japan’s radioactivity standards and can’t be sold there is nonetheless sold and served to US consumers here and to US service men, women and their families overseas. Congress can and should use its oversight of the FDA and other powers to confront and ameliorate this growing public health threat.
The briefing is organized by the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network and co sponsored by the NGO’s Beyond Nuclear, Citizens for Health, Ecological Options Network, Food and Water Watch, San Clemente Green, and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR National as well as PSR’s Greater Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters)
For additional information and current campaign: https://nislappdc.org/ffan-congressional-briefing/
https://nislappdc.org/fukushima-fallout/
Also http://www.sanonofresyndrome.com
Heal Fukushima 