Tony Webb

Dr Tony Webb (born 1945) is an English social scientist and former academic residing in Australia. He is the co-author of several books including Radiation : your health at risk (1980),[1] Food irradiation: The facts (1987) which he wrote with Tim Lang[2] and Radiation and your health (1988).[3] In 1988, Webb toured Australia with Friends of the Earth, speaking in opposition to the irradiation of food.[4] His work as a political campaigner has focused on the health effects of ionising and non-ionising radiation from the 1980s until present.[5]

He currently resides in South Australia, where he was a member of the Citizens' Jury formed to consider the findings of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission in 2016.[6][7] He stood as the Labor party's candidate in the electoral district of Heysen in the 2018 South Australian General Election[8] but was unsuccessful.

References

  1. ↑ Ryle, Claire & Garrison, Jim & Webb, Tony (1980-01-01). Radiation : Your Health at Risk. Radiation & Health Information Service. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19.
  2. ↑ Perera, Judith (1987-04-16). New Scientist. p. 45.
  3. ↑ "Download Radiation and Your Health By Tony Webb (0948491256) - Books Library Online". www.booklibrary.co. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  4. ↑ "A history of Friends of the Earth, Australia | Friends of the Earth Australia". www.foe.org.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Food irradiation: can we stop it? | Green Left Weekly". www.greenleft.org.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  6. ↑ "One small voice from inside the recent SA Nuclear Citizen's Jury - On Line Opinion - 18/11/2016". On Line Opinion. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  7. ↑ "Tony Webb - On Line Opinion Author". On Line Opinion. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  8. ↑ admin (2018-02-13). "Tony Webb – Labor candidate for Heysen". South Australian Election 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-21.



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