PEDIATRICS Vol. 30 No. 5 November 1962, pp. 844-849
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Hazards of Radioactive Fallout

SEYMOUR CHARLES M.D., ABE S. FINKELSTEIN M.D., MILTON WILLNER M.D., and BERNARD B. LILIEN M.D.

Very properly, the American Academy of Pediatrics has appointed a Committee on Environmental Hazards to consider the "problems posed for pediatricians by fallout of radioactive materials in this country." We in practice had looked forward to the reports of this Committee because the pediatric literature had been singularly free of relevant material. Since its appointment the Committee has met only occasionally and issued a few brief superficial statements, which have served as "pacifiers" for the profession and the public.