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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet Jeremy P. Tarcher See book keywords and concepts

The death toll from hunger," I would tell them, "equals a hiroshima bomb going off every three days." But, no matter how good I got, it dawned on me that I was making no difference—except maybe satisfying my own need for an ego thrill—if those moved by my words felt incapable of doing anything. Without that, all my books, articles, speeches, and interviews were meaningless. Yikes! That's when I knew I had to push deeper, to cut beneath hunget, or any issue, to democracy itself: How do we discover our voices and use them to shape the larger world around us?

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On August 6, 1945, the nuclear bomb detonation occurred over hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on August 9, another bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. No studies on the widespread fallout of these wartime detonations were ever done, partly because scientists at that time did not have the technology to detect or measure many of the radioactive particles. We still do not know how much of the fallout from those two war-time bombs actually circulated via wind over the United States and other parts of the world and was deposited on land and in waterways.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Its hardiness is exemplified in its ability to survive the exhaust-filled streets of New York City and in the fact that a ginkgo tree was the only tree to survive the hiroshima atomic blast. (That tree is still living today.) Ginkgo trees have been known to live well over an average of 1,000 years, as long as there has been written history in China. Ginkgo has become one of the most popular herbs in the West because of the unique ability of the concentrated extract of the leaves (24:1) to improve cerebral blood circulation and blood circulation generally.

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For comparison, women who survived the atomic bomb blasts in hiroshima or Nagasaki absorbed 35 rads. Though one large dose of radiation can be more harmful than many small doses, it is important to remember that damage from radiation is cumulative. Many women born in the 1930s and '40s—who are now considering the benefits of postmenopausal mammographic screening-have already absorbed quite a bit of radioactivity into their breast tissues from fallout from the atomic bomb tests of the 1950s. (See page 18.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

As early as 1947, the AMA pitched in with the preposterous claim that "medically applied atomic science has already saved more lives than were lost in the explosions at hiroshima and Nagasaki."4 The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, was not completely objective on the subject. "The focusing of the powerful beams of deadly radiation on cancerous growths," he enthused, would be an example of the good use of atomic energy, and would help the nuclear cause.' He soon became a member of the Board of Trustees at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

The AIDS War: Propaganda, Profiteering and Genocide from the Medical-Industrial Complex John Lauritsen See book keywords and concepts

For example, following the atom bombing of Nagasaki and hiroshima, there was an epidemic of leukemia. What role did the virus play at that time? PD: I spent more time on this topic in my paper than I did on AIDS. I don't think the HTLV-I virus had any role at all in this case. In experimental animal models such viruses can have a role in causing leukemia. It is only an indirect cause — namely by inducing so-called "hyperplasia", or an overdose of certain cells, and that can only be accomplished by forcing or generating very high titres of the virus.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Akizuki, his nurses, and co-workers, whose hospital was located only 1 mile from the atomic bomb blast in hiroshima in 1945, still had experienced no side effects from radiation exposure, despite the opposite experience of others in the near vicinity. He attributed this to the fact that they regularly ate miso. Stimulated by Dr. Akizuki's claims, Japanese scientists conducted a study of miso and one of the ingredients used to make it, called natto. They found a substance they called zybicolin, which is produced by the yeasts of these products.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Born in Japan, he was deeply affected by the bombing of hiroshima and Nagasaki, and decided to devote his life to peace. His philosophy and approach to cancer stem from his belief that by returning to a traditional diet of whole, natural foods, humanity can regain its physical and mental balance, become more peaceful, and achieve optimum health. Kushi does not claim that a macrobiotic diet cures cancer, but rather that it is part of a way of life that can prevent much disease, including many cases of cancer.

Japanese cities of hiroshima and Nagasaki. From that moment on, the issue of radioactivity became the center of an intense international debate. As the U.S. military pressed forward with the atmospheric testing of its developing nuclear arsenal, it ran into a rising tide of public opposition. In pursuit of its nuclear goals, the military saw tremendous public relations advantage to be gained from the development of "the peaceful atom.

Get Healthy Now with Gary Null: A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment and Healthy living Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

Many people doubted his findings, saying that if he was correct we would have seen breast cancer in Nagasaki and hiroshima. Turns out nobody looked to see if this was the case. So one of the members of the Radiation Research Foundation looked, and found exactly what Mackenzie had found. "Arthur Tamplin and I raised a flag in the Lancet by saying that the Wanabo and Mackenzie studies suggest that breast cancer is one of the easiest cancers to induce by radiation. Today, everybody who is anybody in medical science knows that breast cancer is related to ionizing radiation, such as medical x-rays.

The Healing Power of Herbs: The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal Plants Michael T. Murray, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

A review. hiroshima J Med Sci 24,185-193,1975. 3. Taussig S and Batkin S: Bromelain, the enzyme complex of pineapple (Ananas comosus) and its clinical application. An update. / Ethnopharmacol 22,191-203, 1988. 4. Miller J and Opher A: The increased proteolytic activity of human blood serum after oral administration of bromelain. Exp Med Surg 22, 277-280,1964. 5. Izaka K, Yamada M, Kawano T, and Suyama T: Gastrointestinal absorption and anti-inflammatory effect of bromelain. Jpn } Pharmacol 22, 519-534,1972. 6.

The Garlic Cure James F. Scheer, Lynn Allison and Charlie Fox See book keywords and concepts

One of the most convincing studies proving that Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract guards the liver from even devastatingly toxic chemicals was reported in the hiroshima Journal of Medical Science. Human liver cells in a tissue culture were doused with carbon tetrachloride, a chemical noted for causing liver cancer. Garlic guarded them against damage. Fights Carbon Tetrachloride A study in the Japanese Journal of Pharmacology explains that carbon tetrachloride causes triglycerides (fats) to invade liver tissue, making the victim prone to develop liver hardening and disability or cancer.

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

We associate it with dread outcomes such as the horrific 1945 atomic bombings of hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor complex in what was formerly the Soviet Union. Radiation can be a deadly force, but it also has many beneficial effects. We would not exist without heat and light from the sun. Radiant energy is used for communications (e.g., radios and televisions), for cooking (e.g., radiant heat and microwaves), in the form of laser beams for surgery, and to power modern telecommunications systems.

For years after the hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, many people feared that the radiation released would have devastating genetic effects. In Japan, the stigma of being a bomb survivor is so great that some survivors still are reluctant to identify themselves, fearing discrimination against their families. However, scientists have discovered that the radiation released by the bombs has had no discernible effect on survivors' children. Tests wheel's spokes are bunched together much more closely at the hub than near the rim, so do electromagnetic waves become less concentrated as they travel.

Hiroshima.) Although pregnant women should avoid unnecessary exposure to radiation, there is no medical justification for terminating a pregnancy if a woman is exposed to diagnostic radiation. (Various diagnostic X rays expose a person to a dose anywhere from 0.02 to 5.0 rads.) Where possible, alternative sources of diagnostic imaging, such as ultrasound, are generally used. Women undergoing therapeutic pelvic radiation (e.g., for treatment of cervical cancer) during pregnancy are exposed to much higher doses that may have adverse fetal effects. Nonionizing radiation.

In contrast, some victims of hiroshima are estimated to have received 300 rads in one dose. At present, there is no definitive evidence of increased cancer risk from either contemporary low-dose medical X-ray exposure or from working in nuclear installations. Epidemiologists at the NCI are investigating whether repeated low-dose medical X rays delivered over many years increases cancer rates. To date, they have not found any relationship between such low doses of radiation and the rates of leukemia or lymphoma (cancers that are believed to be radiation sensitive).

More than 100,000 Japanese living in hiroshima and Nagasaki survived the atomic bomb blasts over those cities. The most heavily irradiated survivors have shown increases in both leukemia and solid tumors (including cancers of the thyroid gland, breast, and gastrointestinal organs) as long as two to three decades after exposure. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation, set up to study these survivors, has estimated that 1 percent of deaths among bomb survivors between 1950 and 1984 was due to the carcinogenic effects of atomic bomb radiation (see p. 582).

Optimal Wellness Ralph Golan, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Incidentally, there have been anecdotal reports of its successful use in treating individuals injured by nuclear radiation at hiroshima and Nagasaki. (See the miso soup recipe in the Ail-Star Recipes section of this chapter.) CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS Chapter Eight explains how necessary friendly intestinal bacteria are for good health. Cultured milk products, such as yogurt, buttermilk, and kefir, are useful sources of these organisms. Even some milk-allergic individuals can tolerate cultured milk products. Be sure the yogurt you purchase contains live cultures.

Hemp Today Ed Rosenthal See book keywords and concepts

The most promising varieties for introduction are ta-ma and shan-ma-tze, from China; hiroshima and Tochigi, from Japan; Bologna, from Italy; and improved types from Hungary. Improvement by Selection Kentucky hemp is reasonably uniform, not because of selection, or even grading the seeds, but because all types have become mixed together. Nearly all the seed is raised in an limited area.

The largest plants in every trial plat were from hiroshima seeds, and these seeds were larger and lighter colored than those of any other variety except Shimane, the seeds of which were slightly larger and the plants slightly smaller. Hemp is cultivated throughout the greater part of Russia, and it is one of the principal crops in the provinces of Orel, Kursk, Samara, Smolensk, Tula, Voronezh, and Poland.

Japan Hemp, called "asa" in the Japanese language, is cultivate chiefly in the provinces or districts of hiroshima, Tochigi, Shimane, Iwate. and Aidzu, and to a less extent in Hokushu (Hokkaido) in the north and Kiushu in the south. It is cultivated chiefly in the mountain valleys, or in the north on the interior plains, where it is too cool for cotton and rice and where it is drier than on the coastal plain.

Conscious Eating Gabriel Cousens, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

This helps to explain why leukemia and other cancers are occurring 100 to 1000 times more than the initially predicted rate at hiroshima. With this finding, one begins to understand that there is no "safe" dose of radiation since radiation is cumulative. According to the nuclear physicist John Gofman, Ph.D., M.D., in Radiation and Human Health: Harm in the form of excess human cancer occurs at all doses of ionizing radiation, down to the lowest conceivable dose and dose rate. Dr. Karl Z.

Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements: How to Restore the Body's Natural Vitality Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Hiroshima, lor this reason in die I'mted Sr.ites in the last ten \e.irs disease ol all kinds and birdie ot mentally reiarded babies, have increased tremendously. The damage to plants, crops, soil fertility, and water pollution are practically incalculable. If use of these toxic genetic chemicals persists in agriculture ... it will cause the destruction of the American people.1 PERMANENT POISONING At first glance it would appear that we receive only a small dose of all these poisons from the air we breath, the water we drink, and the foods we eat.

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Altogether, during the first forty years after irradiation, a total of 360 cancers, including 81 cases of leukemia, have been attributed to radiation from the bombs, an increase of about 6 percent in the overall risk of cancer for the survivors of hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is noteworthy that some types of cancer do not appear to have increased at all as a result of the bombings, including cancers of the gallbladder, rectum, uterus, bone, pancreas, and testis. Calculating Low-Level Radiation Risks.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

See also hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, and MacArthur, Douglas.) fa Japan is now a world leader in shipbuilding, electronics, and automobile manufacture, and is a principal economic and political ally of the United States. Java Island in Indonesia, south of Borneo. fa One of the world's most densely populated regions, fa Under Dutch rule from 1619 to 1949. Jerusalem Capital of Israel and largest city in the country, located on a ridge west of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River. (See also under "The Bible.") fa Site of city has been occupied since the Bronze Age.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

On August 5, 1995, The Irish Times, in an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tragedies in hiroshima and Nagasaki, noted the price we are still paying for nuclear weapons production: "In July 1979, the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history took place at the United Nuclear mill at Church Rock, New Mexico. One hundred million gallons of radioactive water contaminated the drinking water of more than 1,700 Navajo people. In the aftermath of the accident the company refused to supply emergency food and water.

UPDATE: In 1996, ironically on the 51st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of hiroshima and Nagasaki, delegates from 61 nations of the Conference on Disarmament met in Geneva, Switzerland, to complete negotiations on a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Negotiations reached an impasse when India vetoed the treaty, but a group of nations agreed to informally present the U.N. General Assembly with a report on the conference's work. On September 10, 1996, the General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a global treaty to ban all nuclear test blasts (Associated Press, 9/11/96).

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing Juices John Heinerman See book keywords and concepts

Some years ago the Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Company of hiroshima, Japan, began experimenting with various types of garlic, until it had selected one kind that suited its manufacturing needs. Ever since then this garlic has been grown in abundance in the northern part of Japan in ground that has been previously enriched with seaweed, fish protein, and mineral powders. The result is an incredibly nutritious garlic, which after being harvested and temporarily dried, is then put into huge oil refinery-like tanks and allowed to "age" for many months.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

In his last years, before his death in 1955, after the atomic bomb had been used in war (see hiroshima and Nagasaki), Einstein sought to educate the public on how nuclear weapons had changed the world situation, fa Einstein believed strongly in the regularity of nature. He said, "God does not play dice with the universe," and "God is subtle, but he is not malicious." fa It is important to distinguish between the theory of relativity, in which the laws of Albert Einstein. Einstein writing out the equation for the density of the Milky Way in 1931.

After the devastation of the bombing, hiroshima was largely rebuilt. Hitler, Adolf A German political leader of the twentieth century, born in Austria. Hitler's early program for Germany is contained in his book Mein Kampf. He dreamed of creating a master race of pure Aryans, who would rule for a thousand years as the third German Empire, or Third Reich. Hitler founded the Nazi party, and began to rule Germany in 1933 as a fascist (see fascism) dictator with the title der Fuhrer ("the leader"). He supervised the murder of six million Jews and other supposed ene- Adolf Hitler.

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