Nuclear Hotseat · Libbe Halevy
Women and Children Worst! Generational Nuclear Radiation Risks Revealed in New UN Report by Mary Olson, Dr. Amanda M. Nichols
·1 hr 1 min·5 clips
Radiation causes more harm to women than men—hear the UN-backed evidence that challenges decades of safety assumptions.
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A hard look at who radiation standards leave out, and what that can cost across generations.
The episode argues that radiation standards were built around a young adult male model, and that leaves women and children outside the frame. Mary Olson ties that gap to higher risk, then pushes the point further with transgenerational effects and a United Nations report that…
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