To the editor
Hello.
I am a qualified, credentialed nutritionist here in Palm Beach County and need to rant about recent discussions stating that nuclear power is a safe and clean alternative to power plants that emit greenhouse gases.
Radiation has always caused cancer and always will. Children are particularly vulnerable. Just investigate the cancer clusters in Port St. Lucie around the nuclear power plant there. Or around the Turkey Point power plant in Homestead or the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Tom's River, N. J.
I worked personally with scientists Ernest Sternglass and Jerald Brown on the "Baby Teeth" study that demonstrated absorption of radioactive material into children's teeth (and subsequently into bones, soft tissue, etc.) and into our drinking water, particularly around nuclear power plants.
A similar study in the 1950s and 1960s led to a ban on above-ground nuclear testing. The current study led to a lawsuit in Port St. Lucie citing radiation as the direct cause of a local child's leukemia.
I know this may be a sensitive, political issue, however, I implore you to research the facts and find a way to continue to bring this information to the forefront.
Visit the Web sites radiation.org or NutritionMission.org/ Radiation Poisoning for more information.
Thank you.
Beth Ellen DiLuglio, MS, RD, CNSD, CCN
Singer Island