Background
Rosalie Bertell was born to Paul G. and Helen (née Twohey) Bertell in Buffalo, New New York Her mother was Canadian, her father a citizen of the United States of America.
Rosalie Bertell was born to Paul G. and Helen (née Twohey) Bertell in Buffalo, New New York Her mother was Canadian, her father a citizen of the United States of America.
A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she worked in environmental health since 1970. In 1966, she received a Doctor of Philosophy in Biometrics from the Catholic University of America. From 1969–1978, Bertell was senior cancer research scientist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
She was a consultant to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and to Health Canada.
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.
Bertell was also a vocal advocate against chemtrails. Bertell died of cancer at age 83 at Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
She founded the International Medical Commission Chernobyl in 1996 and is also member of the International Medical Commission on Bhopal since 1994.