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June 21, 2012

"Anti-Nuclear Nun" Rosalie Bertell Dies at 83 
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The epidemiologist and environmental activist Dr. Rosalie Bertell has
died at the age of 83. Bertell won the 1986 Right Livelihood Award for
her work on the threats to the planet posed by radiation. Known as the
"anti-nuclear nun," she served on commissions investigating the
disasters in Bhopal and Chernobyl and worked extensively with their
victims.

 

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