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Rosalie Bertell Biography

Rosalie Bertell (April 4, 1929 – June 14, 2012) was an American scientist, author, environmental activist, epidemiologist, and Catholic nun. Bertell was a sister of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, best known for her work in the field of ionizing radiation. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she worked in environmental health since 1970.

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. . . there is no safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the search for quantifying such a safe level is in vain.

Levels, Nuclear, Quantifying, Safe, Search

Nothing else is going to matter if we kill the earth and we kill the food and we destroy the gene pool and there aren't any people around to enjoy the earth.

Destroy, Earth, Matter, People

The NCI sent (,). . . to review our funding(,). . . people connected with the nuclear establishment. . . It was a pretty much foregone conclusion, that if you send people in to review the funding, who stand most to be hurt by this research, the funding will be denied.

Dark, Denied, Hurt, Nuclear, People, Pretty

. . Radiation. . . the biggest lobby. . . in the world. It's involved in university research. . . . industries. . . the whole medical profession. . , the whole military establishment, and the economic and military policy of the country depends on people being willing to handle radio-active materials.

Country, Dark, Lobby, Military, Research

Our work seeks to focus attention on the necessity of developing security for the global village, meeting its need for clean air, water, food and a healthy habitat, as well as fostering clarity of vision on cooperation and development.

Air, Development, Focus, Security, Vision, Water

Wars results in immediate deaths and destruction, but the environmental consequences can last hundreds, often thousands of years. And it is not just war itself that undermines our life support system, but also the research and development, military exercises and general preparations for battle that are carried out on a daily basis in most parts of the world. The majority of this pre-war activity takes place without the benefit of civilian scrutiny and therefore we are unaware of some of what is being done to our environment in the name of 'security.

Done, Exercise, General, Military, Place, War

We have to be part of something larger than ourselves, because our dreams are often bigger than our lifetimes.

Bigger, Dream, Dreams, Lifetime, Lifetimes, Part

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