Rosalie Bertell

Rosalie Bertell (third from left) at the International Medical Commission of Bhopal

Rosalie Bertell (April 4, 1929 – June 14, 2012) was an American scientist, author, environmental activist, epidemiologist, and Catholic nun. Bertell was a sister of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, best known for her work in the field of ionizing radiation. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she worked in environmental health since 1970.^[1][2]

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  1 Biography
  


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  2 Filmography
  


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  3 Death
  


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  4 Bibliography
  


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  5 Awards
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Biography

Rosalie Bertell was born to Paul G. and Helen (née Twohey) Bertell in Buffalo, New York. Her mother was Canadian, her father a citizen of the USA. In 1966, she received a Ph.D in Biometrics from the Catholic University of America.^{[citation needed]}

From 1969–1978, Bertell was senior cancer research scientist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. She was a consultant to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and to Health Canada.^[1]

In 1983, she received the "Hans-Adalbert Schweigart"-Medal from the World Union for Protection of Life. She was president of International Institute of Concern for Public Health from 1987 to 2004. She founded the International Medical Commission Chernobyl in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

Bertell was a coordinator for the International Medical Commission on Bhopal, and campaigned for an independent body "to coordinate health care, research and rehabilitation" for victims of the Bhopal disaster.^[3]

Filmography

Bertell appeared in at least five documentary films between 1985 and 2005. They include:^[4]

Title	Director	Production Company	Year
Poison Dust	Sue Harris	Lightyear Entertainment	2005
Fatal Fallout: The Bush Legacy	Gary Null		2004
Bhopal: The Search for Justice	Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey	White Pine Pictures	2004
Uranium	Magnus Isacsson	National Film Board of Canada	1990
Speaking our peace	Bonnie Sherr Klein, Terre Nash	National Film Board of Canada	1985

Death

Bertell died of cancer at age 83 at Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

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She wrote the books No Immediate Danger: Prognosis for a Radioactive Earth (1985) and Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War (2000).

Awards

Bertell received many awards, including:

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  Hans-Adalbert-Schweigart-Medal (1983)


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  Right Livelihood Award (1986)


• World Federalist Peace Award


• Ontario Premier's Council on Health, Health Innovator Award (1991)


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  United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 award


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  Sean MacBride International Peace Prize

See also

• Irradiation


• Alice Stewart


• Helen Caldicott

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab Dr. Rosalie Bertell profile at rightlivelihood.org Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
   


2. 
   ^ ""Anti-Nuclear Nun" Rosalie Bertell Dies at 83". Democracynow.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


3. 
   ^ Letter to the Editor: Bhopal's Victims, New York Times (September 27, 2002).
   


4. 
   ^ "Rosalie Bertell". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
   

External links

• Wikilivres has original media or text related to this article: Rosalie Bertell (in the public domain in New Zealand)


• International Institute of Concern for Public Health

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