Tony Webb

For other people named Anthony Webb, see Anthony Webb (disambiguation).

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]

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.[citation needed] He stood as the Labor party's candidate in the electoral district of Heysen in the 2018 South Australian General Election[5] but was unsuccessful.

  1. ^ Ryle, Claire & Garrison, Jim & Webb, Tony (1 January 1980). Radiation : Your Health at Risk. Radiation & Health Information Service. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Perera, Judith (16 April 1987). 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 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. ^ "A history of Friends of the Earth, Australia | Friends of the Earth Australia". www.foe.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ^ admin (13 February 2018). "Tony Webb – Labor candidate for Heysen". South Australian Election 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.