AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Sound science & common sense: the recent Doctors for Disaster Preparedness conference refuted politically driven science and provided commonsense ways to deal with both real and imagined threats.(SCIENCE)

The New American

| September 04, 2006 | Hiserodt, Ed | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The 24th Annual Conference of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) was held August 4-6 in Ed Hiserodt is the author of Under-Exposed: What If Radiation Is Really Good for You? Portland, Oregon, attracting its usual contingent of world-class scientists, researchers, and policy experts. In addition to its traditional theme of civil preparations for action in the event of a nuclear attack, earthquake, bio-terrorism, or similar disasters, the conference has evolved into a forum where papers on technical issues of the day can be presented to an eclectic mix of physicians, working professionals, and academics. I was honored to attend this distinguished gathering both as a ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Oregon global warming report is deceptive.(Commentary)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 27, 2005 700+ words
...denying the reality of global warming and pretending that...last August after the Cascade Policy Institute began auditing...alarmist claims about global warming based primarily on...president and CEO of Cascade Policy Institute, a Portland...
Global warming is the scapegoat for life's chills.(Fair Comment)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News Fumento, Michael March 18, 1996 700+ words
...ve been having is evidence of global warming. When we have an especially hot summer, they say it's global warming. Now that records for cold temperatures...we're told that's proof of global warming too. Ever heard the expression...
"Global warming": stirs a storm for.... weather forecasters.
Magazine article from: St. Louis Journalism Review Corrigan, Don March 1, 2009 700+ words
...forecasters still avoid any mention of global warming on their nightly TV broadcasts...is not enough time to mention global warming on TV weather segments and it is too controversial a topic. "Global warming is a climate issue and is not...
Global warming termed more serious threat than terrorism.
News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International May 29, 2009 700+ words
Karachi, May 29 (PPI): Global warming goes way beyond an inconvenient...for the Advancement of Science Global warming is perhaps the biggest social...planet and its inhabitants. Global warming refers to the increasing average...
Global warming scientist downplays fossil fuel threat.
News wire article from: United Press International August 18, 2000 700+ words
...instrumental in sparking serious debate over global warming suggested this week that emissions...fossil fuels are not the main culprit in global warming, and that the world should instead...nitrogen oxides (NOx) to reduce the global warming threat. Dr. James Hansen from the...
GLOBAL WARMING FORUM
Magazine article from: Skeptic Anonymous April 1, 2009 700+ words
Four Global Warming Questions In Gary Whittenberger's article on global warming in Vol. 14, No. 4 ("Misleading by Petition...petitionproject.org) that expresses skepticism of global warming cataclysm. In the interest of advancing science...
Global Warming.
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic Hanson-Harding, Alexandra November 27, 2000 700+ words
...happening? And what can we do about global warming? This past summer, a patch of ice one...the West. Were these events caused by global warming? Many scientists agree that global warming--the artificial heating of the atmosphere...
Global warming?; Scientists don't have an agenda, just evidence.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Dawson, Jim April 1, 1996 700+ words
...the Midwest might well be caused by global warming and be indicative of what could happen...knew, would be problematic because global warming promises not only droughts and searing...the spread of infectious diseases. Global warming is, in the understated parlance of...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA