Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Resolution Supporting the Radiation Victims' Bill of Rights (Attached)
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DOCUMENT: ATNI8409.TXT
A F F I L I A T E D T R I B E S O F
N O R T H W E S T I N D I A N S
RESOLUTION #84-F-09
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)
is a regional organization comprised of American
Indians from the States of Oregon, Idaho,
Washington, and Nevada; and
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
recognizes the needs and concerns of the member
Tribes and the serious impact upon Native American
Indians when specific issues are collectively
addressed by Local, Regional, and National Indian
governments and their organizations; and
WHEREAS, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians is
dedicated to the ideals of improvement of health,
education, social welfare, and economic development
of American Indians; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians and its membership does hereby
support the attached resolution Radiation Victims -
Bill of Rights to defend human health, to protect
our genetic heritage of children yet unborn, and to
protect the living world from needless exposure to
radiation and submits this resolution to the
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual
Convention in Spokane, Washington on September 9-
14, 1984 requesting their support, action,
resolution and submission to the proper authorities
or agencies; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the National Congress of
American Indians take the necessary action to
satisfactorily resolve the resolution as endorsed
and adopted by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians.
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing resolution was duly endorsed at the Annual
Conference of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, at
Spokane, Washington, on September 8, 1984, with a quorum
present and voting.
__________________________ ____________________________
Delbert Frank, President Faith Mayhew, Secretary
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ATTACHMENT
HEALTH & ENERGY INSTITUTE
236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.
Suite 506
Washington, D.C.
20002 U.S.A.
R A D I A T I O N V I C T I M S
B I L L O F R I G H T S
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS millions of people have been and are currently
exposed to ionizing radiation -- on the job, in military
service, as medical patients and as medical personnel, in
communities near or downwind from testing sites, uranium
mines, mills, or tailing piles, in the area of reactors,
weapons plants, waste sites, and other nuclear facilities.
AND WHEREAS they and their children now suffer or risk
an array of radiation induced injuries ranging from acute
radiation syndrome to cancers, leukemias, diseases of the
immune system, blood diseases, psychological disorders,
reproductive impairment and genetic diseases in current and
succeeding generations,
AND WHEREAS radiation victims also suffer from an
abrogation of their rights due to needless exposure, biased
research, purposeful misinformation, lack of sound medical
care, and denial of compensation for injuries received,
BE IT RESOLVED THAT to defend human health, to protect
our genetic heritage, and to stem the erosion of citizens'
rights we adopt this RADIATION VICTIMS' BILL OF RIGHTS:
RADIATION VICTIMS HAVE THE RIGHT TO:
I. PREVENTION Of NEEDLESS EXPOSURE TO RADIATION
II. HONEST RESEARCH ON HEALTH EFFECTS Of RADIATION
III. FULL DISCLOSURE OF RADIATION RECORDS AND RADIATION HAZARDS
IV. COMPETENT MEDICAL CARE FOR RADIATION INJURIES
V. FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR RADIATION INJURIES
I. PREVENTION OF NEEDLESS EXPOSURE TO RADIATION
A. All people have the right to freedom from needless
exposure in their workplaces or communities, and the
right to refuse hazardous work or medical treatment.
B. People have the right to the best available means of
radiation protection, including, for all radiation
workers, the possession of monitoring devices that
signal the presence of radioactivity as it occurs,
rather than those that merely indicate afterwards
that an exposure has already taken place.
C. Radiation workers have the right to the same legal
and administrative protections available to other
workers in hazardous industries, and those
individuals who report problems have the right to
safeguards for their lives and careers.
D. People have the right to independent regulation of
the radiation industry.
E. Radiation victims have the right to full
participation in establishing "acceptable" standards
and "allowable" limits for radiation exposure.
II. HONEST RESEARCH ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF RADIATION
A. People have the right to have public funding for
research on radiation health effects transferred
from agencies with nuclear promotion mandates to
agencies with public health mandates.
B. People have the right to have public funds set aside
for the study of the pathways of radiation through
the air, soil, water and the food chain.
C. Health research professionals have the right to be
granted access to raw research data for studies used
to determine radiation exposure standards such as
data on atomic bomb survivors or workers at federal
nuclear facilities.
D. Representatives of victims organizations have the
right to serve on review committees for radiation
effects research funded by the government.
E. Radiation victims have the right to a national rumor
and mortality registry accessible to all upon
request.
F. Radiation workers have the right to a national
radiation registry.
III. FULL DISCLOSURE OF RADIATION RECORDS AND RADIATION
HAZARDS
A. Individuals have the right to receive comprehensive
personal exposure records in clear, understandable
language, or a clear statement that no such records
were made or still exist for that individual.
B. Unions, victims' organizations, health agencies and
other representative groups have the right to
complete radiation exposure monitoring, and medical
information, free of charge.
C. People have the right to accurate information and
education about the physical, reproductive, and
psychological effects of radiation exposure.
D. Workers have the right to be informed in advance of
all radiation hazards, potential radiation hazards
and hazardous materials used in the workplace.
E. People have the right to disclosure of all data
regarding radiation releases of any of the nearly
500 radioactive isotopes that may be released into
the workplace or the environment.
IV. COMPETENT MEDICAL CARE FOR RADIATION INJURIES
A. All people have the right to the best available
medical treatment for radiation-related diseases.
B. All radiation victims have the right to choose their
heath care providers or personal physicians.
C. All radiation victims, including soldiers exposed at
atomic test sites, the people living near atomic
test sites, nuclear facilities, or other radioactive
sites, as well as the workers at those sites and
facilities, have the right to appropriate screening
and screening facilities in order to detect
radiation-related diseases as early as possible.
D. All radiation victims have the right to
representation on panels establishing or reviewing
radiation screening programs.
V. FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR RADIATION INJURIES
A. All radiation victims have the right to adequate
compensation for physical injury, reproductive
impairment and psychological distress.
B. States, counties, and localities have the right to
expand compensation protections for radiation
victims.
C. All individuals with documented radiation exposures
or symptoms demonstrating radiation exposure have
the right to legal "presumption of causation."
D. All radiation victims have the right to hold
responsible individuals, corporations, and
governments fully liable for negligent actions to
the full extent of injuries inflicted.
Radiation Victims Roundtable
c/o Health & Energy Institute
236 Massachusetts Avenue N.E.
Suite 506
Washington, D.C. 20002 U.S.A
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