NEIS Citizen Epidemiology

What is Citizen Epidemiology?

While it would be nice to think that our government would do the absolute best it can to protect the health and safety of its citizens, it turns out that they often don't.

There appear to be other influences at work. Perhaps there are vested interests, financial interests who want certain things to go unstudied, or want studies watered down so their conclusions don't cause any expense. In the wake of the Abramoff scandal, one suspects that perhaps the golden rule is driving government policy, in the sciences and elsewhere: "He who has the gold, makes the rules."

So, if for whatever reason our government won't pay for or fund serious, scientifically valid investigations of the health issues surrounding nuclear power, what can we do? We have to study matters ourselves, a process we call "Citizen Epidemiology".

Here are some Citizen Epidemiology resources from NEIS:

Resources for how to conduct citizen epidemiology:

Using the Internet to get data on reactor performance and health risk near reactors: a guide for non health professionals
CE Resources and Experts

Items related to our 2005 Citizen Epidemiology Conference:

Our Conference Announcement
Conference Changes
Marion Kuepker's opening remarks at the conference
Cindy Folker's Presentation Notes - guess you had to be there ...
Summary and Comments on ICRP Committee 1 Task Group Report, by Dr. Judith Johnsrud
Conference Presenter Bios

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