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TODAY. Nuclear lobby targets young women, in the leadup to their propaganda blitz at COP 28

Women are more concerned about global heating than men are. They also often face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty and due to existing roles, responsibilities and cultural norms. 

Happily for the completely amoral nuclear lobby, this suits them very well. Already this year, they were targeting young women anyway – as part of their campaign “for the cool young people, not the fuddy duddy old nuclear sceptics“

Apart from their rather wacky publicists like Zion Lights, the nuke lobby has a few female champions to tote their toxic wares. There’s Kamala Harris, pushing nuclear to the Philippines, and the individual women being promoted to high office in nuclear industries.

 The Nuclear Energy Agency’s report this year focussed on women, with its top recommendation:

“Attract women into the sector through public communications campaigns, enhancing the educational pipeline“

Of course, the nuke lobby is a huge fan of STEM education (Science Technology, Engineering and Maths) And, don’t get me wrong – girls definitely do need STEM education.

But they also need the humanities education – now downgraded in the current educational unbalanced glorification of the “hard science”

As for the “softer” sciences – biology, ecology …. the worrying thing is that for women, ionising radiation is more harmful than it is for men. A woman’s risk of cancer, especially breast cancer is a real hazard. And the risk to a pregnant woman is great, too, for damage to the foetus.

November 18, 2023 - Posted by | Christina's notes

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  1. The radiation from nuclear power is about as safe as cynanide, DDT or fentynal. Whether is is low-level ionized alpha or high level gamma or beta level radiation, all levels of radiation can cause damage, especially if inhaled or injested by food or drink. The less exposure the better. All creatures on Earth now have stronium 90 and plutonium in their bones, all from the nuclear testing. Nuclear power and nuclear wastes are all leaking into the ground water and the air. How can any human made structure or site keep the dangerous nuclear wastes isolated for over 425,000 years? It causes death, slow painful death do to cancers, and is very expensive to build, maintain and monitor. The best policy now is to stop making more radioactive waste and struggle to build, contain and store the existing waste from the biosphere as best we can. No nuclear power and no nuclear weapons. They are both too dangerous and too expensive.

    paulrodenlearning's avatar Comment by paulrodenlearning | November 18, 2023 | Reply


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