Campaign: Keep the Olympic Games out of radioactive regions



Campaign "Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics"

Statement of IPPNW Germany regarding participation in the Olympic Games in Japan
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9.00-9.20 am (CET)
Introduction and technical explanations
Dr. Alex Rosen, Pediatrician, Co-chair of IPPNW Germany
Lara-Marie Krausse, Press Officer IPPNW Germany


9.20-9.40 am
Greetings from Fukushima and from all over the world

9.40 -10.00 am
Introduction to the nuclear catastrophe
Dr. Alex Rosen, Pediatrician, Co-chair of IPPNW Germany

10.00-10.15 am
Break

10.15-10.45 am
The current situation in Fukushima
Shaun Burnie, Senior nuclear specialist, Greenpeace
Video-Documentation


10.45-11.20 am
Low dose radiation health risks - epidemiology and evidence
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, Epidemiologist, University Clinic Greifswald
Video-Documentation


11.20-11.40 am
Break
Project Presentation
"Nuclear Games - reaching the young generation through interactive storytelling"

Andi Nidecker, PSR/IPPNW Switzerland and DOCMINE productions, Zurich, Switzerland
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11.40-12.45 am
Cancer in Fukushima, especially cases of pediatric thyroid cancer
Dr. Alex Rosen, Pediatrician, Co-chair of IPPNW Germany
Video-Documentation
Prof. Dr. Toshihide Tsuda, Epidemioligist, Okayama University
Video-Documentation


12.45-1.45 pm
Lunch Break

1.45-2:20 pm
Effects of the nuclear catastrophe on perinatal morbidity and mortality
Dr. Hagen Scherb, Biomathematician, Helmholtz Zentrum München
Video-Documentation


2.20-3.00 pm
Psychosocial effects of the nuclear catastrophe
Dr. Angelika Claußen, Psychiatrist, IPPNW Regional vice president Europe
Video-Documentation

3.00-3:15 pm
Break

3.15-4.00 pm
Ecology in Fukushima: What does a decade tell us?
Prof. Timothy Mousseau, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
Video-Documentation

4.00-4.15 pm
Break

4.15-5.00 pm
Health consequences for workers in Fukushima
Felix Jawinski, Research associate at the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Leipzig
Video-Documentation

5.00-5.30 pm
Break

5.30-6.15 pm
Effects of the nuclear catastrophe on the oceans
Dr. Ken Buesseler, Senior Marine Chemist & Geochemist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Video Documentation

6.15-6.30 pm
Parallels and differences between Fukushima and Chernobyl
Juliane Dickel, Nuclear and Energy policies lead, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
Video-Documentation

6.30-7.00 pm
Closing remarks, future research approaches, political demands
Dr. Alex Rosen, Pediatrician, Co-chair of IPPNW Germany

 

 

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