Karleen, I agree. Guidelines are in general prepared by national regulatory
bodies based on the recommendations of ICRP. But IAEA could develop
guidelines that could then be shared by national regulatory bodies.

I will ask my contacts at IAEA whether such guidelines could be developed by
them.

In the particular case of Japanese mothers, there is no need to make any
specific recommendation because there has been no exposure among the public
so far. I hope someone has told mothers this.

Veronica


Date:    Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:48:17 +1100
> From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Radiatin and Breastfeeding
>
> Thanks for this Veronica. It seems that there is a need for someone to
> develop recommendations with regards both preparedness and then action for
> breastfeeding women and children. I can imagine that there could be quite a
> few worried mums in Japan who have not been able to get their questions
> answered and that this would add to what is already a very stressful
> situation.
> BTW I have a copy of what is a quite famous photo of a mum breastfeeding
> her
> infant after the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In this instance the mum
> survived but the baby died.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
>
>

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