CANCER CONNECTION?

"Study: Elevated cancer deaths in Monroe may be result of nuclear plant," by Tyler Eagle, Monroe Evening News/USA TODAY NETWORK, March 12, 2021.

Watch a recording of the press conference here, posted at WTVG/ABC-13's website. (The first three minutes of the recording are microphone checks, so fast-forward to the 3 minute mark of the recording, where the press conference begins.) The press conference features: Michael Keegan of Don't Waste Michigan, a Monroe native; Joseph Mangano, executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project, and author of the newly published cancer fatality rate study focused on Fermi 2; and Christie Brinkley, also a native of Monroe, and board member of the Radiation and Public Health Project.

Here is the Radiation and Public Health Project's postings related to this newly published report focused on Fermi 2.

Update on March 10, 2021 by admin

See the press advisory put out by Don't Waste Michigan and the Radiation and Public Health Project.

Update on March 13, 2021 by admin

DTE (formerly Detroit Edison), owner/operator of Fermi 2, responded to Mangano's report, as reported by the Monroe Evening News.

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Zoom Press Conference: Health Studies Near Fermi Nuclear Plant, Monroe County, Michigan

Source:  Beyond Nuclear http://www.beyondnuclear.org/ NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Joseph Mangano 484-948-7965 Michael Keegan 734-770-1441

MEDIA ADVISORY

Zoom Press Conference: Health Studies Near Fermi Nuclear Plant, Monroe County, Michigan

[MONROE COUNTY, MICHIGAN – March 11, 2021 -- Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, ten years on] -- When: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Eastern time (US and Canada)   What: Zoom press conference on the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima meltdown, announcing: 1. Release of a new report showing Monroe county cancer death rate increase since Fermi 2 nuclear plant [largest Fukushima Daiichi twin design on Earth, General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactor] startup; 2. Announcement of new effort to collect baby teeth near Fermi, to be laboratory tested for levels of radioactive Strontium-90.   Who: Speakers include: Joseph Mangano, Executive Director, Radiation and Public Health Project Author of new report on cancer;   Christie Brinkley, Board member, Radiation and Public Health Project Native of Monroe County, Michigan;   Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan.   Endorsed by:   Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 (ATHF3), Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT), Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes (CNFGL), Don't Waste Michigan (DWM) and Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP).   Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/97493583442?pwd=MWFPYTQ4bXVkMTU4Skp5dVY2MHlsdz09   Meeting ID: 974 9358 3442 Passcode:  FPC   One tap mobile +19292056099,,97493583442#,,,,*466750# US (New York) +13017158592,,97493583442#,,,,*466750# US (Washington DC)   Dial by your location         +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)         +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)         +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)         +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)         +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)         +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)   -30-

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