Depleted Uranium and veterans’ Gulf War Syndrome
In 1999 doctors from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas presented the results of brain scans performed on victims of the [Gulf War] syndrome showing depleted brain cells in three areas of their brains.
Nuclear War in the Mideast , Subversify, By karlsie, April 22, 2011 “………Depleted uranium weapons were liberally used during the Persian Gulf War, during the bombings by NATO and the United Nations over the Serbian Republic of Bosnia in September 1995, against Yugoslavia in spring of 1999; in this century, during the attack on Afghanistan and then further in Iraq in 2003.
Their effects have been largely minimized by the deploying governments and the media, but the effects have long-ranging and devastating consequences…… Continue reading
World Health Organisation counts only thyroid cancer in Chernobyl radiationeffects
.independent studies conducted since 1986 in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries show that the consequences of exposure to low-level radiation are much more alarming than the global community is willing to accept…”Today, 25 years after Chernobyl, numerous studies in different countries show that the frequency of congenital malformations in children of parents exposed to radiation increased five to seven times,”
On the Trail of a Deadly Chernobyl Killer, 25 April 2011, The Moscow Times, By Alexandra Odynova “…….Many people diagnosed with radioactive-linked illnesses in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia get insufficient medical help, or none at all.
What’s more, thyroid gland cancer is the only direct consequence of the 1986 disaster recognized by the World Health Organization, which rejects a growing number of independent studies indicating that the aftereffects of protracted exposure to low-level radiation might be much more far-reaching. Continue reading
Grim health outlook for Fukushima nuclear cleanup workers
Children born to liquidator families were seriously affected with birth defects and thyroid diseases, including cancer, and loss of intellect. As for other children, based upon the work of multiple researchers, it is estimated that in the heavily contaminated areas of Belarus, only 20 percent of children are considered healthy,
Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl? | San Francisco Bay View, by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., 16 April 11“………Key to understanding effects is the difference between external and internal radiation. While external radiation, as from x-rays, neutron, gamma and cosmic rays, can harm and kill, internal radiation – alpha and beta particles – when absorbed by ingestion and inhalation release damaging energy in direct contact with tissue and cells. Continue reading
Save Japanese nuclear workers by collecting their stem cells
the solution is not perfect, the team admits. High exposure to radiation would also attack cells in the gut, skin or lung — problems a stem cell transplant could not fixYet, with containment and clean-up efforts at the damaged plant expected to drag on for months or even years, Tanimoto and Taniguchi say taking steps to protect the workers’ from future harm is paramount.
Banking stem cells could save Japan nuclear workers By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO Apr 14, 2011 (Reuters) – Health officials should collect blood from workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in case they are accidentally exposed to high levels of radiation and need a stem cell transplant, Japanese researchers said on Thursday. Continue reading
The difference between radiation emitters – external and internal
The grave effects of internal emitters are of the most profound concern at Fukushima. It is inaccurate and misleading to use the term “acceptable levels of external radiation” in assessing internal radiation exposures. To do so, as Monbiot has done, is to propagate inaccuracies and to mislead the public worldwide (not to mention other journalists) who are seeking the truth about radiation’s hazards.
How nuclear apologists mislead the world over radiation George Monbiot and others at best misinform and at worst distort evidence of the dangers of atomic energy Helen Caldicott * guardian.co.uk, 11 April 2011
1) Mr Monbiot, who is a journalist not a scientist, appears unaware of the difference between external and internal radiation Continue reading
America is not ready to deal with a radiation disaster
After a nuclear blast, hospitals probably would fill with trauma patients. Later, others would arrive with acute radiation syndrome, which can take days to manifest and affects multiple organ systems. Without supportive care, about 50 percent of people exposed to 3.5 Gray, a measure of radiation dose, would die. Proper care would almost double the exposure level at which 50 percent would survive, but only a small fraction of American medical professionals have training and expertise in treating radiation injury……Given that not enough beds would be available, hospitals and first responders would have to choose which patients to save.
U.S. health-care system unprepared for major nuclear emergency, officials say The Washington Post, By Sheri Fink, Thursday, April 7,“………in national surveys, U.S. hospital workers have expressed fears ,… saying they would be less willing to report to work for a radiological or nuclear incident than for other types of emergencies. Continue reading
Increase in CT scans for children brings radiation danger
Children are far more vulnerable to radiation exposure than are adults:
- Children’s organs are more sensitive to radiation than adults’ organs.
- Children have a longer life expectancy than adults, giving cancer a longer time to form.
- Radiation settings often may not be set to match children’s body size.
- Because CT use is increasing, children may eventually receive a higher lifetime dose of medical radiation……..
As Kids’ CT Scans Rise, So Do Radiation WorriesMore Kids Getting More Scans at ERs, but Few See Pediatric Radiologists By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD April 6, 2011 — Emergency CT scans for kids are on the rise — and so are worries that too many children are getting too much radiation too early in life. Continue reading
In USA EPA prepares to allow more radioactivity to be called “safe”
The radiation guides called Protective Action Guides or PAGs are protocols for responding to radiological events ranging from nuclear power-plant accidents to dirty bombs.
Drinking water, for example, would have a huge increase in allowable public exposure to radioactivity,
Group warns EPA ready to increase radioactive release guidelines | The Tennessean | tennessean.com, Anne Paine, 17 March 11, EPA is preparing to dramatically increase permissible radioactive releases in drinking water, food and soil after “radiological incidents,” according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.What is termed a guidance that EPA is considering – as opposed to a regulation – does not require public airing before it’s decided upon. Continue reading
The medical story of Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster
the evidence of 52 scientists and estimated the deaths and illnesses to be 93,000 terminal cancers already and perhaps 140,000 more in time. Using other data, the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences declared in 2006 that 212,000 people had died as a direct consequence of Chernobyl.
Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril Pundits who downplay the risks of radiation are ignoring the casualities of the past. Fukushima’s meltdown may be worse John Vidalguardian.co.uk, 1 April 2011 Five years ago I visited the still highly contaminated areas of Ukraine and the Belarus border where much of the radioactive plume from Chernobyl descended on 26 April 1986. I challenge chief scientist John Beddington and environmentalists like George Monbiot or any of the pundits now downplaying the risks of radiation to talk to the doctors, the scientists, the mothers, children and villagers who have been left with the consequences of a major nuclear accident. Continue reading
Low level radiation increases the probability of cancer
Any increase in radiation increases the probability that you’ll get cancer. And that’s not radiation sickness but that is a much more pervasive effect than acute radiation sickness. When you look at the nuclear fuel cycle you have to look at how much radiation is released in its many different forms and how many people that over their lifetime would have shortened their lifetimes.
VIDEO Q&A: Japan nuclear crisis ‘getting worse’ : World News Australia on SBS : World News Australia on SBS31 March 2011 Australia won’t be exposed to a substantial increase in radioactivity as Japan’s nuclear crisis unfolds, but the situation at Fukushima’s crippled power plants is getting worse, Continue reading
Fukushima’s radioactive iodine and cesium a greater danger at present than plutonium
How Dangerous Is the Plutonium Leaking from the Japanese Nuclear Reactor? – By Joshua E. Keating | Foreign PolicyMARCH 30, 2011“……..Plutonium may be grabbing the headlines right now, but it’s not the most dangerous substance being emitted from Fukushima. The steam intentionally vented from the plant contains iodine and cesium, both of which have a far shorter half-life than plutonium, but are being released in much higher amounts and, being airborne, can travel much farther. Radioactive iodine-131 has been detected off the coast of Fukushima at levels 1,150 times higher than normal. These elements may not be quite as radioactive as plutonium, but if ingested or inhaled, they also pose a risk of causing cancer. …”
FP EXPLAINER: How Dangerous Is the Plutonium Leaking from the Japanese Nuclear Reactor? – By Joshua E. Keating | Foreign Policy
Brockovich’s push for mapping disease clusters
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Erin Brockovich Pushes For Disease Cluster Law – Planet Ark, 30 March 11, Erin Brockovich, a U.S. consumer health advocate whose life story was the basis for an Academy Award-winning film, urged senators Tuesday to pass a law to document disease clusters in the United States.A disease cluster is an unusual number of health events, such as reports of cancer, grouped together in a time and location, according to the Centers for Disease Control.Brockovich, who came to prominence investigating the prevalence of cancer cases in Hinkley, California, said she has become an informal reporting agency for those who worry that something in their immediate environment is a health hazard.”Thousands of Americans contact me every month asking for help and telling me about unexplained diseases in their neighborhood or on their streets,” Brockovich told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee….
A study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Disease Clusters Alliance reported 42 disease clusters in 13 U.S. states, showing incidence of numerous types of cancer, birth defects and other chronic illnesses….
World Environment News – Erin Brockovich Pushes For Disease Cluster Law – Planet Ark
Low radiation is a public health danger, rather than individual
Individual versus public health risk ABC Science Analysis 31 march 11, “……..The Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) question Gale’s position [on safety of low level radiation] .”His position illustrates very neatly the divergence between individual and public health risk,” says PSR’s Dr Ira Helfand.”The risk to any one individual from drinking water with this much radiation is indeed very low. The problem comes when 40 million people in the Tokyo water district drink the water and get this much radiation.”Helfand says if the risk of cancer from a low dose exposure is 1 in a million, an individual does not need to take any special precautions.”But if 40 million get this dose of radiation then 40 of them are going to get cancer,” he says.”And they may also be getting radiation in the days ahead from increased levels of radiation in the air, and from radiation contamination of food.”Helfand says it is reasonable to assure the public that they don’t need to take individual action if the level of radiation is very low.”But we should not mislead them that the dose is ‘safe’ or ‘no cause for concern’ which is very different,” he says.
No ‘safe’ threshold for radiation: experts › Analysis (ABC Science)
Radioactive iodine and thyroid cancer
RADIATION RISKS TO HEALTH A Joint Statement from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Thyroid Association, The Endocrine Society, & the Society of Nuclear Medicine March 18, 2011 The recent nuclear reactor accident in Japan due to the earthquake and tsunami has raised fears of radiation exposure to populations in North America from the potential plume of radioactivity crossing the Pacific Ocean. The principal radiation source of concern is radioactive iodine including iodine-131, a radioactive isotope that presents a special risk to health because iodine is concentrated in the thyroid gland and exposure of the thyroid to high levels of radioactive iodine may lead to development of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer years later. Continue reading
Don’t let the nuclear industry tell you that radiation is safe
Don’t let the nuclear industry tell you radiation’s safe The Punch, Jim Green, 25 March, 11, “………..A big part of the spin surrounding the Fukushima crisis is the claim − or the unstated, implicit assumption − that low level radiation exposures are ‘safe’ or ‘harmless’. However there is no safe level of radiation − the risk of fatal cancer is proportional to the dose, even at the lowest levels of exposure.
The Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation of the US National Academy of Sciences comprehensively studied the issue and concluded that “the risk of cancer proceeds in a linear fashion at lower doses without a threshold and … the smallest dose has the potential to cause a small increase in risk to humans.”
….fringe scientists claim that low level radiation exposure is not only harmless but actually good for you….
……To estimate the death toll from Fukushima, it will be necessary to estimate the total human radiation exposure as a result of the accidents. The standard risk estimate for low level radiation can then be applied.
It is far too early to be attempting those calculations for Fukushima, but we can apply the logic to Chernobyl. Total radiation exposure from Chernobyl was 600,000 Sieverts according to the International Atomic Energy Agency and thus an estimated 24,000 people will die, nearly all of them because of cancers induced by low level radiation exposure….. Don’t let the nuclear industry tell you radiation’s safe | Article | The Punch
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