Trump’s radiation EO will harm women and girls more

Over forty citizen’s sector organizations including the national nonprofit Physicians for Social Responsibility have sent a joint letter to federal officials warning of public health consequences of a series of executive orders by President Trump which direct the NRC to dramatically weaken Standards for Protection Against Radiation in the US federal code. The letter, spearheaded by the nonprofit Generational Radiation Impact Project (GRIP) and Beyond Nuclear, points out sharply disproportionate impacts on women and children from weakening existing radiation exposure standards and calls for strengthening them. The letter was sent to US Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Surgeon General Denise Hinton, and other key elected and appointed officials. More