Why do governments consistently claim that there is "no immediate danger" from low-level radiation? Why do researchers in this area continually find that they come up against the military?We know we face extinction if nuclear war ever begins. But this unique book says something new. We face the same extinction even if the bombs never fall. The production alone of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons is initiating the death crisis of our species.Dr. Rosalie Bertell's research suggests that escalating radiation levels have already caused some 16 million casualties. Yet even after Three-Mile Island, Windscale (Sellafield) and other catastrophes, politicians and establishment scientists are assuring us that we have nothing to fear. No Immediate Danger looks to the peace movements worldwide, and to the women's movement in particular, to force the radical changes that are necessary for the survival of life on this earth.

Dr. Rosalie Bertell worked as Assistant Research Professor at the Graduate School, State University of New York at Buffalo between 1974 and 1978 , and as Senior Cancer Research Scientist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo between 1970 and 1978. A member of the Order of Grey Nuns, she now researches low-level radiation as Director of Research of the International Institute of Concern for Public Health in Toronto, Canada, and campaigns internationally against the dangers of nuclear technology.

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