Christopher Busby

Christopher Busby

Christopher Busby (born 1 September 1945) is a British scientist known for his controversial theories about the negative health effects of very low-dose ionising radiation. Busby is a director of Green Audit Limited, a private company,[1] and scientific advisor to the Low Level Radiation Campaign (LLRC), another private company that he set up in 1999.[2] Busby was the National Speaker on Science and Technology for the Green Party of England and Wales.[3][4]

Following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Busby established a television and internet presence where he discussed the risks of ionizing radiation and the Japanese Government's handling of the disaster.

Career

Busby obtained a BSc in Chemistry with First Class Honours from the University of London. His membership in the Royal Society of Chemistry lapsed in 1984. He later gained a PhD in chemical physics at the University of Kent, researching Raman spectro-electrochemistry.[5] In 1999 Busby stood as an Election Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections.[6] Busby was a member of the British government sponsored Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE), which operated from 2001 to 2004.[5] In 2001, he was appointed to the UK Ministry of Defence Oversight Committee on Depleted Uranium (DUOB).[5] Between 2003 and 2007 he was a Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool, in the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology,[5] and he was visiting professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences until his retirement in 2012 University of Ulster.[7] He was then Guest Researcher at Jacobs University Bremen for a year and is currently Scientific Director of Environmental Research SIA in Riga, Latvia.

Second event theory and photoelectric effect controversy

The Biphasic Curve: The cancer risk vs. radiation level in the low-dose regime (0 to 200 mSv) for LNT and the Template:Font colour promoted by Busby. Template:Font colour radiation is ~2.4 mSv/year (diagram adapted by Busby from Burlakova et al. (1998)).[8]

From 1987 onwards Busby has written on the health effects of ionizing radiation and developed what he has named "second event theory" (SET) and "photoelectric effect theory" (PET). He claims that these theories demonstrate that the widely accepted linear no-threshold (LNT) model substantially underestimates the risk of low level radiation (the LNT model is largely constructed from the 1958 to 2001 'Life Span Study' of the 120,321 Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors (hibakusha (被爆者)) who were exposed to a powerful external burst of neutron and gamma radiation).[9] Busby claims that in the low dose regime, radiation moderately above background causes more cancer than much higher levels of radiation i.e. a biphasic (bimodal) curve; a claim based on the work of Russian biologist Elena Burlakova.[8][10]

Busby initially proposed the Second Event Theory (SET) in 1995, in his self-published book 'Wings of Death: Nuclear Pollution and Human Health'[11] claiming that isotopes which decay sequentially, emitting two or more particles in a short decay chain, have far greater genotoxic effects than predicted by the LNT model. According to this theory, the 90Sr-90Y decay chain would be ~30 times more carcinogenic than predicted by LNT. According to SET, primary exposure to a beta particle alters a cell to the G2 Phase, which Busby claims would render the cell highly radio-sensitive and more prone to malignant changes when exposed to a second particle.

SET was criticised by Cox & Edwards (2000)[12] who stated that if Busby's "biologically implausible" theory was correct and all irradiated cells undergo transformation to the G2 Phase, it would cause an increased risk factor of just 1.3 times and predict, on the contrary, substantial risk reduction at low doses for single emitting radioisotopes. Furthermore, it was established in 1906 (The Law of Bergonié and Tribondeau) that cells in the G2 Phase are more resistant to radiation than cells in the M Phase (Radiosensitivity and Cell cycle).[13] The Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE) report, on which Busby was one of twelve members, exhaustively examined the biological plausibility of SET and commissioned an independent consultant to conduct a literature review. In 2004 CERRIE rejected the SET by a 10 to 2 majority consensus (Busby and non-scientist Richard Bramhall, dissented). The rejection was made for following reasons:[14]

CERRIE also considered and rejected by 10 to 2 consensus the biphasic (bimodal) curve of Burlakova et al. (1999),[10] due to the study's "substantial shortcomings"; tables were so ambiguous that the risk-dose response could be interpreted as linear, biphasic or even promoting health (radiation hormesis).[14]

In 2011, Busby began selling a minority report for £25 on his website, in which he claimed that cancer risk from internal exposures to low doses of radiation is 300 times greater than predicted under the LNT model, that the LNT model is meaningless, and that cancer incidence rates in Sweden and Belarus increased by 40% since Chernobyl.[15]

Later work by Busby focused on the health effects of ingested depleted uranium particles and the photoelectric effect theory (PET).[16] The photoelectric effect theory proposes that ingested uranium particles vastly increase the potency of natural background radiation, by 500 to 1000 times, via the photoelectric effect.[17][18] However, subsequent computer simulations by Pattison (2013)[19] indicate that radiation enhancement via the photoelectric effect is minute, the radiation enhancement effect due to one 10 μm-sized DU particle in 1 cm3 of tissue is just 2 in 10 million greater than a particle not being present.

Conflicts with other low-dose radiation researchers

Busby is the author of two self-published books on cancer incidence in Wales, Wings of Death and Wolves of Water.

The books were criticised in the Journal of Radiological Protection as "erroneous in consequence of various mistakes".[20][21] According to Richard Wakeford, the editor-in-chief of the journal, a fellow CERRIE committee member representing the nuclear industry, and a specialist in the health effects of low-dose radiation (formerly with British Nuclear Fuels),[22] Busby's work is "Deeply flawed".[23]

Busby served on the UK Government's Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE), which operated between 2001 and 2004, and included medical professionals, scientists, delegates from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, and Richard Wakeford representing the nuclear industry.[23] Busby ultimately disagreed with the committee's conclusions and published a "minority report" with another committee member from LLRC[24] On the LLRC website page selling the minority report, it's claimed (without citation) that north Sweden cancer rates have increased by 40% since Chernobyl.[25] A doctoral dissertation from 2007 was reported as saying that the area "has shown a small but statistically significant increase in the incidence of cancer."[26]

Busby has criticised other researchers studying health effects from low-dose radiation, for being "stupid" and "ignorant", and in particular Prof. Wade Allison (emeritus) of Oxford who had quoted a UN report saying that only 28 people have died as of 2005 from radiation releases at Chernobyl and who has said there is an "over-reaction" to low-dose radiation.[27][28] In particular, he seems to have taken exception to Allison on philosophical grounds:

I have chosen to pitch into him since he epitomises and crystallises for us the arguments of the stupid physicist. In this he has done us a favour, since he is really easy to shoot down. All the arguments are in one place. Stupid physicists? Make no mistake, physicists are stupid. They make themselves stupid by a kind of religious belief in mathematical modelling. The old Bertie Russell logical positivist trap.[27]

Busby went on to say, claiming support from a New York Academy of Sciences publication titled Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, that "more than a million people have died between 1986 and 2004 as a direct result of Chernobyl."[27] The report was in actuality only a translation of a Russian book not put under peer review by NYAS. Contrary to the UN report cited by Allison, it claims several hundred thousand deaths and projects the number to go higher, with some support from mathematical modelling.[29] He can be equivocal about modelling—in earlier comments on BBC, he'd claimed "significant" plutonium releases from Fukushima detected far north of the reactor complex, supposedly established in part through the use of "a very advanced, sophisticated, computer air-flow model."[30]

Antone Brooks (recently retired as the Technical Research Director of the US Department of Energy's Low Dose Radiation Research Program)[31] has also had differences with Busby.

Televised comments on Fukushima I nuclear accidents

In a 14 March broadcast on BBC, Busby was interviewed along with Ian Fells, and characterised the accident as "exactly the same scenario" as Chernobyl. While admitting that the containment structure for Fukushima Dai-ichi was more much advanced than that at Chernobyl, he claimed there could be "nuclear explosion" rather than (as reported) a hydrogen explosion, if fuel elements had melted down and collected at the bottom of the vessel. He also asserted that radiation levels measured at a reactor north of Fukushima Dai-ichi (i.e. Onagawa) indicated that "up to 100 kilometers away, we are getting concentrations of plutonium, cesium and iodine" (sic – presumably radionuclides thereof) released from Fukushima Dai-ichi, making the releases comparable in his opinion to Chernobyl, in terms of human health impact. In response to Fells' characterisation of the worst immediate effects being loss of power to an advanced industrial society, Busby said "this is a radiological catastrophe already", asserting in particular that plutonium releases were a major cause of concern.[30]

On 30 March 2011 Busby first appeared on Russia Today stating that the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was worse than being reported.[32] During the follow up interview on 13 April 2011, Busby stated that Fukushima radiation pollution could cause up to 400,000 added cancer cases among those living within 200 km of the reactor, with " reports of significant radiation ... even south of Tokyo".[33][34]

On 25 April Busby stated on Russia Today that he believed one of the explosions at the Fukushima I nuclear reactors was a "nuclear" one, rather than a hydrogen explosion as reported. In the same Russia Today broadcast, he referred to calculations made with his colleagues estimating that Chernobyl had killed 1,400,000 people, and that Fukushima's death toll would be in the same range, if not worse.[35]

Controversy Regarding Sale of "Anti-Radiation" Pills

Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Busby established an internet presence discussing the risks of ionizing radiation and a conspiracy theory involving Japanese Government's efforts to spread radioactive contamination throughout the country.

Most notably, Busby claimed radioactive caesium-137 released from the nuclear disaster can cause heart muscle damage and heart attacks in children and a mineral supplement, sold on his Japanese language website via 4u-detox of San Pedro, California, could prevent these deleterious effects (labelled Busby Laboratories, Formula 1, Christopher Busby Foundation for The Children of Fukushima).[36] Busby says he bases his cardiac claims on the work of husband-and-wife team Yury Bandazhevsky & Galina Bandazhevskaya; known for their controversial claims that arrhythmia and heart attacks occurred in children at caesium-137 levels as low as 50 Bqkg−1 and that oral apple pectin increases its excretion (by comparison banana contains ca. 3000 Bqkg−1 of natural potassium-40).[37][38]

Busby later self-published a document that he claimed offered theoretical support for his supplement, namely an ability to block certain radioisotopes from binding to DNA. However, his document also explains that his supplement cannot block caesium-137, because it does not contain a protective dose of stable caesium:

“ Unfortunately, the laws prohibit the sale of such tablets despite the fact that Caesium is totally non-toxic at these levels.[39] ”

Additionally, Busby alleges the Japanese Government is involved in a conspiracy to spread radioactive contamination throughout Japan, in an effort to hide cancer clusters from epidemiologists and thus hinder litigation (cancer clusters are typically statistically identified by comparison with an unexposed cohort).[40]

Recently, a research team at the Experimental Radio-TOXological Laboratory (LRTOX), France, independently investigated the effects of high level (500 Bqkg−1) caesium-137 exposure in animals (heart, testes, blood, cholesterol, immune system, foetus etc.). For example, Guéguen et al. (2008) investigated the possible cardiac effects of 500 Bqkg−1 caesium-137 exposure in rats over 3 months. They observed that, while caesium-137 exposure did not cause any damage to heart cells or arrhythmias, results indicated that quite subtle cardiac impairment might worsen in some sensitive individuals over time.[41] Also, Le Gal et al. (2006) found that the excretion of caesium-137 was not increased by oral apple pectin, however prussian blue (the drug Radiogardase®) enhanced faecal excretion of caesium-137 fivefold.[42] Furthermore, the study of Bandazhevskaya (2004) involving oral apple pectin was criticised by Jargin (2010), who highlighted a number of serious flaws that meant the claims made could not substantiated.[43]

Claiming that a supplement can be of use in the "cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease" renders it equivalent to a drug and subject to oversight by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act). Specifically, drugs must be demonstrated to work and proven safe. In April 2011, the FDA sent warning letters to an unrelated company, Premier Micronutrient Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee, US, who similarly claim that it's "anti-oxidant" supplements are capable of preventing illness caused by radiation (Bioshield-Radiation® R1 and Bioshield Radiation® R2). The FDA pointed out there was no scientific data demonstrating the drugs safety or effectiveness in treating radiation exposure.[44] However, Bioshield Radiation® R2 subsequently resumed sale with a legal waver, "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."; that it is a food supplement.[45] The FDA approves three over-the-counter drugs for iodine-131 and one prescription drug (Radiogardase®) for caesium-137 contamination.[46][47]

Research on WDU (Weapons Derived Uranium)

Busby has written on the potential health effects of DU[48][49][50][51] and given presentations at the Royal Society, London,[52] where he again gave a talk in Nov. 2008, titled "Scientific Dishonesty" [53] and he reported or published the following findings:

These statements, used in an article by Robert Fisk [59] have been proven completely wrong after UNEP analysis.[60]

In November 2012, Busby gave a talk in Geneva at the Human Rights Council [65] about the failures of radiation protection as a Human Rights Issue.[66]

A review of past studies of birth defects in Iraq concluded that there was no clear increase in birth defects and no clear indication of a possible environmental exposure including depleted uranium.[67]

Selected publications

Books

Book Chapters

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Green Audit, About Green Audit
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  8. 1 2 Burlakova, E. B.; A. N. Goloshchapov, N. V. Gorbunova, S. M. Gurevich, G. P. Zhizhina, A. I. Kozachenko, A. A. Konradov, D. B. Korman, E. M. Molochkina, L. G. Nagler, others (1998). "Peculiarities of Biological Action of Low Irradiation Doses and Their Probable Relation to the Health State of Participants of Chernobyl Accident Liquidation" (PDF). Kurri Kr (21): 223–234. ISSN 1342-0852.
  9. ↑ Samartzis, Dino; Nobuo Nishi, Mikiko Hayashi, John Cologne, Harry M. Cullings, Kazunori Kodama, Edward F. Miles, Sachiyo Funamoto, Akihiko Suyama, Midori Soda, Fumiyoshi Kasagi (31 March 2011). "Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Development of Bone Sarcoma: New Insights Based on Atomic-Bomb Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki". J Bone Joint Surg Am 93 (11): JBJS.J.00256. doi:10.2106/JBJS.J.00256. PMID 21984980. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  10. 1 2 Burlakova, E. B.; Yu. S. Antova; A. N. Goloshchapov; S. M. Gurevich; G. P. Zhizhina; A. I. Kozachenko (1999). "Mechanisms of biological action of low-dose irradiation". Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Human Health. New York City: Nova Science Publishers Inc. pp. 11–38. ISBN 1-56072-699-7.
  11. ↑ Busby, Chris (October 1995). Wings of Death: Nuclear Pollution and Human Health. Green Audit Books. ISBN 1-897761-03-1.
  12. ↑ Edwards, A A; R Cox (January 2000). "Commentary on the Second Event Theory of Busby". International Journal of Radiation Biology 76 (1): 119–122. doi:10.1080/095530000139087. ISSN 0955-3002. PMID 10665965.
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  14. 1 2 Goodhead, D.; R. Bramhall, C. Busby, R. Cox, S. Darby, P. Day, J. Harrison, C. Muirhead, P. Roche, J. Simmons, others (2004). Report of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE) (PDF). London: Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters. ISBN 0-85951-545-1.
  15. ↑ Bramhall, Richard; Chris Busby; Paul Dorfman (23 July 2011). "Committee Examining Radiation Risk of Internal Emitters – MINORITY REPORT". Committee Examining Radiation Risk of Internal Emitters.
  16. ↑ Busby, C.; E. Schnug (2008). "Advanced biochemical and biophysical aspects of uranium contamination". In: Loads and Fate of Fertilizer-derived Uranium (PDF). Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim. pp. 11–22. ISBN 978-3-8236-1546-0.
  17. ↑ pacifica.org radio, 31 January 2003 interview with Busby, Retrieved 10 February 2008
  18. ↑ "Scientist raises new radiation fear", news.bbc.co.uk, 5 July 2001
  19. ↑ Pattison, John E. (2013). "The interaction of natural background gamma radiation with depleted uranium micro-particles in the human body". Journal of Radiological Protection 33 (1): 187–198. doi:10.1088/0952-4746/33/1/187. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
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  21. ↑ Wakeford, Richard (2008). "What to believe and what not to believe". Journal of Radiological Protection 28 (1): 5–7. doi:10.1088/0952-4746/28/1/E03. PMID 18309191.
  22. ↑ "Dr Richard Wakeford". Who's Who: Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters. CERRIE. 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  23. 1 2 Wakeford, Richard (2004). "Editorial: Reflections on CERRIE" (PDF). Journal of Radiological Protection 24 (4): 337–340. doi:10.1088/0952-4746/24/4/E02. PMID 15682902.
  24. ↑ Gould, Mark; Leake, Jonathan (1 August 2004). "Nuclear Experts Gagged". London: Times Online. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  25. ↑ "Minority Report of CERRIE (flyer)" (PDF). LLRC. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  26. ↑ "Increase in Cancer in Sweden Can Be Traced To Chernobyl". Science News. ScienceDaily.com. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2011. Martin Tondel, the researcher behind this work, was at last report, active with the Swedish section of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). "In this capacity Dr. Tondel has visited India and Pakistan several times with International delegations arguing for nuclear disarmament in South Asia." http://www.sasnet.lu.se/environlink.html
  27. 1 2 3 Busby, Christopher (28 March 2011). "Deconstructing Nuclear Experts". CounterPunch. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  28. ↑ Allison, Wade (26 March 2011). "Viewpoint: We should stop running away from radiation". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  29. ↑ "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for the Environment and the People, The New York Academy Of Sciences Vol. 1181, Written by Alexey V. Yablokov (Center for Russian Environmental Policy, Moscow, Russia), Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko (Institute of Radiation Safety, Minsk, Belarus). Consulting Editor Janette D. Sherman-Nevinger (Environmental Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan). Vol. 1181, December 2009 335 pages".
  30. 1 2 "Professor Busby gives his assessment of radiation from Fukushima nuclear reactor". BBC News. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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  32. ↑ "Full meltdown in full swing? Japan maximum nuclear alert". RT News. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  33. ↑ Kondo, Dwight (14 April 2011). "Scientist: 400,000 Cancers Within 200 km of Fukushima Evacuation Zone". Hawai'i News Daily. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  34. ↑ "Busby: 400,000 to develop cancer in 200 km radius of Fukushima".
  35. ↑ "Busby: 'Can't seal Fukushima like Chernobyl – it all goes into sea'". Russia Today. 25 April 2011. (“I don’t think the end of Fukushima accident is in sight”)
  36. ↑ Christopher Busby Foundation for The Children of Fukushima (CBFCF)
  37. ↑ Bandazhevskaya, GS; VB Nesterenko; VI Babenko; IV Babenko; TV Yerkovich; YI Bandazhevsky (2004). "Relationship between Caesium (137Cs) load, cardiovascular symptoms, and source of food in "Chernobyl" children-preliminary observations after intake of oral apple pectin". Swiss Medical Weekly 134 (49–50): 725–729. PMID 15635491.
  38. ↑ Blomfield, Adrian; Adrian Blomfield (24 April 2006). "Chernobyl scientist warns of 'nuclear folly'". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  39. ↑ Busby, Chris (7 November 2011). "Calcium and other supplements to protect against internal radiation".
  40. ↑ Monbiot, George; Justin McCurry (21 November 2011). "Post-Fukushima 'anti-radiation' pills condemned by scientists". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  41. ↑ Guéguen, Yann; Philippe Lestaevel, Line Grandcolas, Cédric Baudelin, Stéphane Grison, Jean-René Jourdain, Patrick Gourmelon, Maâmar Souidi (8 March 2008). "Chronic Contamination of Rats with 137Cesium Radionuclide: Impact on the Cardiovascular System". Cardiovascular Toxicology 8 (1): 33–40. doi:10.1007/s12012-008-9013-3. ISSN 1530-7905. PMID 18327657. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
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  43. ↑ Jargin, Sergei V. (17 July 2010). "Overestimation of Chernobyl consequences: poorly substantiated information published". Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 49 (4): 743–745. doi:10.1007/s00411-010-0313-1. ISSN 0301-634X. PMID 20640449. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  44. ↑ "Warning Letters – Premier Micronutrient Corporation 4/28/11" (WebContent). Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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  46. ↑ Research, Center for Drug Evaluation and. "Bioterrorism and Drug Preparedness – FDA Approves First New Drug Application for Treatment of Radiation Contamination due to Cesium or Thallium (10/2/2003)" (WebContent). Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  47. ↑ U.S. FTC (21 March 2011). "FTC Warns Consumers About Scam Artists' Pitch for Potassium Iodide Treatment" (Government). Federal Trade Commission.
  48. ↑ Depleted Science: the health consequences and mechanisms of exposure to fallout from Depleted Uranium weapons in The Trojan Horses of Nuclear War M. Kuepker and D. Kraft eds. Hamburg, 2004
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  50. ↑ Does uranium contamination amplify natural background radiation dose to the DNA? European J. Biology and Bioelectromagnetics 2005, 1(2) 120–131
  51. ↑ Depleted Uranium. Why all the fuss? United Nations Disarmament Forum Journal UNIDIR, Nov 2008
  52. ↑ "Science on Trial: On the Biological Effects and Health Risks following exposure to aerosols produced by the use of DU weapons" Invited presentation to the Royal Society, London 19 July 2000 (also given at the Int. Conference against DU, Manchester, 4 Nov.) and on "Health effects of Depleted Uranium (again)" in 2001
  53. ↑ Dr Chris Busby at the Royal Society: Scientific Dishonesty on YouTube
  54. ↑ Did the use of uranium weapons in Gulf War 2 result in contamination of Europe? Chris Busby and Saoirse Morgan; 1 March 2006, European J. Biology and Bioelectromagnetics
  55. ↑ Uranium and Health: The Health Effects of Exposure to Uranium and Uranium Weapons Fallout Chris Busby; Documents of the ECRR 2010 No 2
  56. ↑ Ballardie FW, Cowley R, Cox A, Curry A, Denley H, Denton J, Dick J, Gerquin-Kern J-L, Redmond A, A man who brought the war home with him The Lancet, Vol. 372 No. 9653 p 1926
  57. ↑ Busby C, Williams D, Evidence of Enriched Uranium in guided weapons employed by the Israeli Military in Lebanon in July 2006 Research Note 6/2006 Aberystwyth: Green Audit (accessed 20 September 2014)
  58. ↑ Busby Busby Chris and Williams Dai, Further Evidence of Enriched Uranium in guided weapons employed by the Israeli Military in Lebanon in July 2006: Ambulance Air Filter Analysis Green Audit Research Note 7/2006. 3 November 2006
  59. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061102012217/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1935945.ece
  60. ↑ http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=485&ArticleID=5416&l=en
  61. ↑ Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005–2009 Chris Busby, Malak Hamdan, Entesar Ariabi; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 7, 2828–2837, 6 July 2010; doi:10.3390/ijerph7072828
  62. ↑ Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima' Robert Cockburn, The Independent 24 July 2010
  63. ↑ Worse Than Hiroshima? – The Toxic Legacy From the Siege of Fallujah Robert Cockburn, counterpunch.org, 27 July 2010
  64. ↑ Uranium and other contaminants in hair from the parents of children with congenital anomalies in Fallujah, Iraq Samira Alaani1, Muhammed Tafash, Christopher Busby, Malak Hamdan and Eleonore Blaurock-Busch; Conflict and Health 2011, 5:15; doi:10.1186/1752-1505-5-15
  65. ↑ Obama-backed UN "Human Rights" Council Facilitates US-bashing Meet by Anne Bayefsky
  66. ↑ Birth Defects study in Fallujah Iraq (Press release)
  67. ↑ Al-Hadithi, T.; J. Al-Diwan; A. Saleh; N. Shabila (2012). "Birth defects in Iraq and the plausibility of environmental exposure: a review" (PDF). Conflict and health 6 (1): 3. doi:10.1186/1752-1505-6-3. PMC 3492088. PMID 22839108. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  68. ↑ INTECH: Aspects of DNA Damage from Internal Radionuclides by C. Busby, in "New Research Directions in DNA Repair" edited by Clark Chen (accessed 8 August 2013)

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