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Uranium conference perpetuating lies about radiation

Losses don’t take shine off silver lining, Sydney Morning Herald, SCOTT ROCHFORT March 2, 2010‘GOOD’ RADIATION Scientific findings were aired at a conference yesterday confirming that radiation can actually be good for you.Organisers of the Paydirt Australian Uranium Conference in Adelaide were quick to shoot off a press release detailing the speech given by Professor Douglas Boreham from McMaster University in Canada……

“Exposure to mined uranium should provide the Australian public with absolutely zero grounds for any health concerns,” he told the conference, whose sponsors include UraniumSA, Uranium Exploration Australia and Paladin Energy.

“In fact, our research with mice has shown that low doses of radiation may actually protect cells from the spontaneous emergence of malignant cancers.”

March 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, secrets and lies, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, secrets and lies, uranium