DANGERS FROM TESTS
‘Alarming’ Statements Discounted
WASHINGTON. April 15. Mr Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, said today that radioactive fallout from the Nevada atomic tests had “barely added” to the natural radiation present everywhere all the time.
Attacking “reckless and alarming” predictions on the possible results of the weapons tests in Nevada and the Pacific, Mr Strauss said: “Medical and biological advisers of the Atomic Energy Commission believe that the Possibility of serious genetic effects from the small amount of radiation produced by the testing programme is remote.
“We find no data to suggest our Weapons-testing programme has influenced weather conditions.
“Generally speaking, the exposure experienced by the American people from the current Nevada tests has been less than the radiation they normally receive. every few days from natural sources."
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27636, 18 April 1955, Page 11
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