In the
use oF atomi
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Foreword to the Sumzary Seport, Dr, Brork abated: The
ocnergy is perhors
of
tne
cre oF the
past 50 yelra
Poy omeige coe
in wale. careful
ST
consleciacion
of the relationship of a new technolcsy to the needs and welfare
of human beincs has kept pace with ite de 2lopnent.
Almost fren
the very beginning of the day of the Manh:ttan Project careful
attention has been given to the biologica? and medical aspects
of the subject,
By contrast, the automobile revolutionized out
pattern of living and working, but we are only now beginning to
appreciate the problems of safety, urban congestion, nervous
.
tension and atmospheric pollution which have accompanied its
development.
In the same way,
the development of the aircraft
industry outran our knowledge of how to meet the environmental
needs of the human beings it intended to transport through the
skies,"
The sclentists, save for the geneticists, were all persons
who had actively participated in the pest in the efforts to
reduce industrial toxicological hazards, air pollution, stream
and harbor pollution, and soil and crop pollution, and destruction
which has occurred with developing industries largelyuncontrolled
until serious damage had already taken place.
They are determined
that with a much greater body of knowledge to draw on concerning
radiation effects, similar situations will not arise @s a result
of the rapidly growing atomic energy industry with its even
greater potential dangers.
Consequently, once they had assuved themselves on tio
points, namely;
weapons testing eb the present rate and with
preriyt if Poezuards Was not a@ present 1..ace,y
end the scarety
precautions of our present atomic ensrs:: orerations were indeed
polnting cut the sroa>biccs
oy
thay *ecame preoccupied wit
IN
effeotive,