Plight of Canada’s veterans with cancer from depleted uranium
All efforts to get adapted care for his condition lead no where since Veterans Affairs do not acknowledge depleted uranium poisoning.
Ex Canadian Forces Soldier To Go On Hunger Strike To Protest Against Depleted Uranium Exposure October 2, 2011, Ottawa Citizen Sylvain Bouchard: On November 5th 2011, Pascal Lacoste, an ex-soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces and a very good friend of mine, will go on a hunger strike in front of Steven Blaney’s office at Lévis-Bellechasse 115, route Kennedy, 101 Lévis (Québec) G6V 6C8 Canada.
After 12 years of fighting with the Canadian government to acknowledge that he and other members of the Canadian Forces have been poisoned with depleted uranium while on duty, he no longer sees any alternative than to go out on his terms, go out fighting. Continue reading
Medical radiation treatment necessary, but carries risks
Radiation treatment meant mother could not touch son Hartlepool Mail, 30 September 2011 A MUM was forced to stay away from her baby son after being given potentially dangerous treatment when she found she had a rare form of cancer. New mum Jill Teasdale could not get close to little son Max just months after he was born after contracting thyroid cancer.
The 30-year-old found a lump in her neck and following hospital tests, was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. Within weeks, she had undergone an operation to remove her thyroid gland and was prescribed a course of radioactive iodine treatment.
“The treatment lasted about a week, but because of the radiation I wasn’t allowed to get close to my little boy,” she said. “I had to have minimum contact.”
Although diagnosed in June 2009, it was not until the following April that Jill was given the all clear…..
Risk of cancer – delayed, but real, in medical radiation
Medical imaging with radiation and cancer: the risk Indy Star.com 3 Oct 11 Ionizing radiation used in medical imaging, such as CT scans and diagnostic X-rays, is high-frequency radiation that has enough energy to remove an electron from an atom or molecule. This is called ionization. Ionized molecules are unstable and quickly undergo chemical changes. Ionizing radiation has enough energy to damage the DNA in cells, which in turn may lead to cancer, says the American Cancer Society.
» The damage takes place in a fraction of a second, but other changes, such as the beginning of cancer, may take years to develop. Radiation studies have shown it takes five to 10 years for blood cancers to develop and 15 to 30 years for solid tumors to develop.
Most studies on radiation and cancer risk have looked at people exposed to very high does of radiation, such as during the Chernobyl nuclear accident…. http://www.indystar.com/article/20111002/LIVING01/110020319/Medical-imaging-radiation-cancer-risk
Top ten places in dangerous radioactivity
Just wait till the communist parties in China and North Korea finally fall, and the truth is out. You haven’t heard/seen real horror stories yet! Already, China’s known pollution is horrifying,
Fukushima Tops List of World’s 10 Most Radioactive Places Fellowship of the Minds – Conservatives who love America 24 Sept 11 Our media have the attention span of a child.
The damaged nuclear reactors of Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, have fallen off the radar of our media’s interest, but that doesn’t mean things are hunky dory.
On the contrary, according to the 2010 report by the non-profit Blacksmith Institute, the most radioactive places are listed, with Chernobyl the worst. But now, Fukushima can top the list of the world’s ten most radioactive places. Yes, Fukushima is more radioactive than Chernobyl!
10. Hanford, U.S.A. Continue reading
Plutonium in soil 40 Km from Fukushima nuclear plant
Plutonium 40km from Fukushima plant, FT.com Asia Pacific By Mure Dickie in Tokyo, 3 Oct 11 Small amounts of plutonium believed to have escaped from Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant have been detected in soil more than 40km away, say government researchers, a finding that will fuel already widespread fears about radiation risk……
The plutonium was found at six sites – including one in Iitate around 40km from the plant – all of which are subject to evacuation orders. However, plutonium’s long half-life and the potential for even small amounts to pose a health hazard if ingested is likely to make it a focus of popular concern.
Japanese authorities, who significantly underestimated radiation releases from the plant in the early days of the crisis, have since struggled to convince the public that they are able effectively to guard against radiation health threats…. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7e3af460-ece6-11e0-be97-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Zkkm68Sy
Rich countries delay action climate change, Pacific Islanders the losers
The proposal will prove divisive for poorer countries.
None more so than nations most vulnerable to climate change, such as low-lying islands that face ever rising sea levels, flooding and shrinking fresh water supplies. They want faster action by big polluters and feel Kyoto is the way to go.
World divided on new plan to combat global warming, Reuters David Fogarty, SINGAPORE, October 2, 2011 A new plan to curb global warming risks becoming a battleground between rich and poor nations and could struggle to get off the ground as negotiators battle over the fate of the ailing Kyoto climate pact.The 1997 Kyoto Protocol covers only emissions from rich nations that produce less than a third of mankind’s carbon pollution and its first phase is due to expire end-2012. Poorer nations want it extended, while many rich countries say a broader pact is needed to include all big polluters. Continue reading
India’s Kudankulam anti-nuclear movement widens
Vehicle march from Kerala against Kudankulam nuclear plant, ROY MATHEW THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, October 3, 2011 Anti-nuclear activists under the aegis of Solidarity Council supporting Kudankulam anti-nuclear movements began a vehicle march to Kudankulam from here on Sunday morning. Continue reading
Kudankulam protest will re-ignite if nuclear building continues
Anti-nuke activists threaten to revive stir, Times of India TNN | Oct 3, 2011, TIRUNELVELI: Ten days after the agitation against the construction of a nuclear plant at coastal Kudankulam in southern Tamil Nadu was withdrawn, the anti-nuclear plant activists have threatened to revive the protest if the ongoing work in the multi-crore Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), was not suspended.
The activists, who spearheaded the 12-day protest by the villagers, have threatened that they would embark on a mass fast from October 9, if theCentral government failed to suspend the ongoing commissioning work in the nuclear plant by October 7.
Representatives of non-governmental organisations, social activists, anti-nuclear plant groups and community leaders took the decision at the consultative meeting held in Kudankulam to discuss about the future course of action on the project on Sunday. A group of activists from Kerala also visited Kudankulam to express their solidarity with the anti-nuke protestors here. “This time around we are planning to take the protest across the state rather than restricting it to Kudankulam or Idinthakarai,” said S Sivasubramanian, an anti-nuclear plant activist….. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Anti-nuke-activists-threaten-to-revive-stir/articleshow/10213344.cms
Criminals in possession of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)
US:Officials say crime ring has uranium, AAP International News 27 Sep 2011, WASHINGTON, – Investigators following up on a nuclear sting in Eastern Europe suspect that a crime syndicate was trying to sell weapons-grade uranium to buyers in North Africa.
Officials in Moldova, a former Soviet republic, told The Associated Press that at least one kilogram of highly enriched uranium, or HEU, remains in criminal hands and probably is in another country.
The investigation has provided fresh evidence of a black market in nuclear material that probably was taken from poorly secured stockpiles in the former Soviet Union.
US authorities have been aiding the Moldovans in the search for a Russian, believed to be the ringleader of the smuggling operation. They also are searching for a North African buyer who fled Moldova. —http://aap.newscentre.com.au/acf/110927/library/nuclear_issues/26771097.html
Vermont leading the way in 21st Century energy policy
COMMISSIONER’S PRESENTATION: Elizabeth Miller, commissioner of the Department of Public Service, speaks about the energy plan at 9:20 a.m. Oct. 12 during the 10th Annual Vermont Renewable Energy Conference at the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center in South Burlington.
Voice of the Free Press: Focus on renewable energy reflects Vermont values, Burlington Free Press, Oct. 2, 2011, The proposed goal is to meet 90 percent of Vermont’s energy needs from renewable sources by 2050. The plan calls for controlling the amount of energy we use through conservation and increased efficiency, as well as encouraging alternative power sources.
That Vermont represents the tiniest fraction of the global energy market offers both a challenge and an opportunity. Continue reading
UK cuts back on armed forces, spends up big on nuclear weapons
The huge sum, signed off with little parliamentary scrutiny, has raised questions over the accountability of AWE to the taxpayer and the MoD’s priorities
while all armed forces are suffering cuts, the UK’s nuclear weapons programme is benefiting from significant increases in spending, even before the government makes a decision on replacing Trident, the ballistic nuclear missile system.
Britain’s nuclear spending soars amid defence cuts Secret MoD report reveals £750m bill for enriched uranium plant as Liam Fox announces axing of 1,100 navy personnel. The Guardian, Jamie Doward, 2 October 2011, Government spending on Britain’s nuclear weapons programme is defying the swingeing budget cuts being experienced across Whitehall.
As the Ministry of Defence cuts frontline positions in the military, a previously confidential report reveals that the taxpayer is committed to paying almost £750m for the construction of a new enriched-uranium facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Berkshire.The 32-page MoD report, Defence Equipment & Support … UK Enriched Uranium (EU) Capability Investment Appraisal, spells out the taxpayer’s commitment to funding Project Pegasus, which will replace the enriched-uranium facility built at the site in the 1950s. Continue reading
Anti nuclear protest rally in Toledo, Ohio
Anti-nuclear activists rally in Promenade Park, By Dick Berry,TOLEDO, OH (WTOL), 1 Oct 11 – Anti-nuclear activists rallied Saturday in Downtown Toledo’s Promenade Park. They called for the closure of nuclear power plants like Davis Besse and production of more green energy.
The keynote speaker was Democratic Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kusinich. He says Americans need to ditch nuclear power and develop less expensive forms of energy, such as wind and solar technology.
“We could create millions of jobs doing that. We have to look at how we can get our energy going again, protect the jobs we have now and get our economy going again using new energy development.”….
“The technology is there with wind and solar. It’s just a matter of us having the political will to do it” says Michael Leonardi of the Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy…. http://www.wtol.com/story/15596725/anti-nuclear-activists-rally-in-promenade-park
Double digit share price falls for uranium mining companies
Shares of Denison Mines and Uranium Resources Face Strong Downward Pressure, MarketWatch, NEW YORK, NY, Sep 30, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –– Uranium stocks have struggled this month as prices for the radioactive material have plunged. According to the latest quarterly report by Resource Capital Research, uranium prices are down 27 per cent over the past three months and 23 per cent over the past year….
Lengthy and costly cleanup of uranium contaminated site
Largest abandoned uranium mine cleanup on Navajo Nation announced An important milestone in the effort to clean up of Navajo trust lands contaminated by historic uranium mining will be achieved in the cleanup of the Northeast Church Rock Mine in New Mexico., Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich, 30 Sep 2011 RENO, NV – The U.S. EPA announced Thursday it has approved a plan to clean up 1.4 million tons of radium and uranium contaminated soil at the Northeast Church Rock Mine, the largest and highest priority uranium mine on the Navajo Nation. Continue reading
Japan’s nuclear conspiracies to manipulate public opinion
Japan nuke companies stacked public meetings, ABC Radio 774 North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy, October 03, 2011 An independent investigation in Japan has revealed a long history of nuclear power companies conspiring with governments to manipulate public opinion in favour of nuclear energy. Continue reading
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