Obituary: Dr. Paul Epstein, public health expert who was among the first to warn of a link between the spread of infectious disease and extreme weathe

[Emily]

Lymphoma is listed as the cause of death.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/dr-paul-epstein-public-health-expert-dies-at-67.html
Dr. Paul Epstein, Expert in Public Health, Is Dead at 67
By PAUL VITELLO
Published: November 14, 2011

Dr. Epstein's post-Fukushima thoughts about nuclear power:

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/11/15/paul-epstein-dies-made-link-between-climate-change-and-sprea.html

"We need to look at the life cycle: from the mining, transport, milling and then processing the fuel rods, and then transport again to the nuclear power plants, and finally what we do with the waste. All of these are plagued by three things ? safety, security, and storage. All three have unanswered questions. Well, now we know safety is not assured. Security is not assured. We haven?t solved the issue surrounding permanent storage of these spent fuel rods that are an extreme hazard. And then there?s the timeline: nuclear plants take 10 years and cost $12 billion to build. It?s not an infinite renewable resource, it?s a finite resource. It?s frightening what is happening in Japan, it?s frightening the impact on the marine environment, and the local impact in Japan. This is a dreadful accident and it certainly highlights the need to look at all these impacts.

This country [U.S.] is looking at small modular units that are cheaper to build, but that doesn?t deal with all the upstream stages nor what to do with the spent fuel rods. So replacing carbon pollution with nuclear is not a good answer to climate change."

A couple of threads that cited his work here:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167005
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