Word: caldicott
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Speakers at the demonstration included Helen Caldicott, physician at Children's Hospital and president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Michio Kaku, associate professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York; Rep. Mel King (D-South End); and several Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
...Caldicott, recently returned from a nationally televised debate with plant officials in Harrisburg, discussed the medical implications of the accident...
Referring to studies of children born in three countries downwind of the power plant in recent months, Caldicott said there has been an increase of hypothyroidism, which can cause retardation...
...Caldicott also said that unusually high numbers of abnormalities, Caesarian births and signs of radiation poisoning among farm animals living near the plant had been reported...
Speakers at the rally included George Wald, Higginson Professor of Biology Emeritus, and Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility...