Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A National Women's Health Information Center featured article (2003)
NOTE: This article is no longer available online. Members can request a printed version by contacting us with their postal address. (Only available to NCF members)
"Transmission of signals from rats receiving high doses of microbeam radiation to cage mates: An inter-mammal bystander effect" by Mothersill and Seymour. Inter-animal signaling from irradiated to non-irradiated organisms has been demonstrated for whole body irradiated mice and also for fish. These results support the hypothesis that proximity to an irradiated animal induces signalling changes in an unirradiated partner. If similar signaling occurs between humans, the results could have implications for caregivers and hospital staff treating radiotherapy patients. The NCF believes that this radiation model is also applicable to CFIDS/ME patients and their caregivers.
"Health of Liquidators (Clean-up Workers) 20 Years after the Chernobyl Explosion" Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is one of the most important consequences of radioecological disaster resulting in an interaction of different hazardous environmental factors. CFS can be considered as an environmentally induced predisposition and vestige of forthcoming neurodegeneration, cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders. Increased incidence of CFS has been seen in exposed populations in Chernobyl, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Drinking Water Problems: Radionuclides This article, by Texas A&M, provides an important overview of drinking water contamination by radionuclides. Included are facts regarding water safety, adverse health effects as well as potential water purification methods. (PDF file)
