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More uranium workers eligible for nuclear compensation

Mallinckrodt refined uranium at its plant in north St. Louis during World War II for the nation’s first atomic bombs, and continued work there and at other locations until 1966. Waste from uranium processing at Mallinckrodt was dumped at the airport site.

Compensation for nuclear-bomb workers expanded to new site, BY TIM O’NEIL , September 8, 2010 St. louis • Special federal compensation for workers who handled material for nuclear weapons has been expanded to include those who worked at a waste-storage site near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

Former workers or their survivors are eligible for $150,000 and payment of medical expenses Continue reading →

September 9, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ionising radiation is especially dangerous for children

Department of Health (DOH ) recommends practices to reduce radiation exposure in pediatric imaging, including using alternative, non-radiation diagnostic imaging procedures such as MRIs and ultrasounds when possible;…The pamphlets and pocket cards are available for download at the state Health Department website.

(USA) Parents can track kids’ radiation exposure, Times Union, By CATHLEEN CROWLEY Staff Writer   ccrowley@timesunion.com.    September 3, 2010 ALBANY — Doctors track your child’s height, weight and inoculations. Now, add radiation exposure to the list.

The state Department of Health wants your parents and pediatricians to keep a list of your child’s exposure to X-rays and more potent CT scans. Continue reading →

September 4, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Near a nuclear power plant? – better have some pills!

The pills may help prevent illnesses associated with radioactive iodine if an accident were to occur.

Free pills available for those near nuclear plants, Detroit Free Press, ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 2, 2010 Michigan health officials are making potassium iodide pills available to people who live, work or visit within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant. Continue reading →

September 3, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Danger to workers and community at Honeywell uranium enrichment facility

This is a uranium enrichment facility from which even the slightest leak of UF6 could wipe out the entire town.

Nuclear Regulators Prohibit Honeywell to Resume Production at Facility With Locked-Out Workets, THE HUFFINGTON POST Mike Elk. 2 Sept 10 “…………The Metropolis facility is the only conversion facility in the world that can distill uranium. While the scab workers Honeywell brought in from Louisiana have worked in nuclear facilities, they haven’t worked on the process that converts uranium from the somewhat toxic UF4 solid state to the extraordinarily more lethal liquid UF6. Continue reading →

September 3, 2010 Posted by | health, Uranium, USA | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Doctor urges more caution in radiation breast screening

Unfortunately, she said, “this is something that isn’t well understood, not just by the public — but by physicians who order the tests.”….

Radiation, Risks Are Focus of Breast Screening Studies, New York Times, By RONI CARYN RABIN : August 24, 2010 When Dr. Deborah Rhodes orders a diagnostic test that involves radiation, she consults a chart in her office that lists the amount of radiation exposure from each test. She considers the patient’s total past exposure, and then carefully weighs the risks and benefits of each test and any alternative approaches she can take. Continue reading →

August 28, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , | 1 Comment

Breast Cancer risk increased with new medical radiation techniques

A single BSGI exam was estimated to involve a lifetime risk of fatal cancer 20 to 30 times that of digital mammography in women aged 40 years, while the lifetime risk of a single PEM was 23 times greater than that of digital mammography.

New nuclear breast imaging technologies associated with higher cancer risks — Science Blog, Aug 23 2010, OAK BROOK, Ill. — Some nuclear-based breast imaging exams may increase a woman’s risk of developing radiation-induced cancer, according to a special report appearing online and in the October issue of Radiology. Continue reading →

August 25, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Airport scanning: radiation dangers raised in U.S. Congress

certain travelers may be particularly vulnerable to emissions from the scanners including seniors, women prone to breast cancer, expectant mothers and children for which the impact hasn’t been fully evaluated….…

Lawmakers continue to voice concerns over whole-body imagers | Center for Investigative Reporting, G. W. Shultz, August 24, 2010, It wasn’t a lead story when scientists from the University of California at San Francisco first publicly expressed their unease earlier this year about the possible negative health effects caused by full-body airport scanners now being used across the United States to stop explosives from making it onto jet airliners. Continue reading →

August 25, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Radiologists warn on overuse of medical radiation

Recent studies on radiation risks from computed tomography, or CT scans, and several cases of accidental radiation overdoses have drawn new focus on medical imaging.

Radiologists call for curbs on overuse of imaging  By Julie Steenhuysen,   Aug 24, 2010  CHICAGO (Reuters) – Doctors are ordering too many unnecessary imaging tests, raising the cost of healthcare and exposing patients to excess amounts of radiation, imaging experts said on Tuesday…… Continue reading →

August 24, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

How low doses of ionising radiation can cause cancer

Apoptosis is the study of programmed cell death….the body’s natural cell-suicide program can fuel tumour development.”….this could happen if cellular DNA was damaged, say, by repeated exposure to low doses of radiation

Cells’ demise provides clues about cancer | The Australian, 21 Aug 2010, Research into apoptosis is taking place worldwide, with several large drug companies pouring money into the area, but critical work is being undertaken in Australia. Continue reading →

August 21, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, health | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cancer on the increase due to chemicals and radiation

It pointed to chemicals and radiation as major causes of cancer

Cancer — The Number One Killer — And Its Environmental Causes, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Karl Grossman, 17 Aug 2010, The World Health Organization projects that this year cancer will become the world’s leading cause of death. Continue reading →

August 20, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , | Leave a comment

Medical radiation a major source of human exposure

The findings are contained in the first of the two volumes of supporting evidence underpinning the UNSCEAR report for 2008 covering medical radiation exposures; the second covers exposures of the public and workers from various sources of radiation.……

UN Identifies Medical Use of Radiation as Main Source of Human Exposure, Turkish Weekly,  18 August 2010 The use of radiation in medicine accounts for most human exposure to ionizing radiation, according to a report issued on 17 August by the United Nations scientific committee on the effects of atomic radiation.  Continue reading →

August 19, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Impact of radiation on workers ignored in India’s Nuclear Liability Bill

In its haste to introduce the N-liability bill, the government ignored the health ministry

(India) Nuclear liability bill silent on impact of radiation on plant workers, Daily News and Analysis, (DNA)  , Aug 19, 2010, By Vineeta Pandey | One basic problem with a nuclear installation is radiation, which affects the health of workers at the plant and the people living around it. Yet this factor has been completely ignored in the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill. Continue reading →

August 19, 2010 Posted by | health, India | , , , , | Leave a comment

Anti-radiation pills for those living near nuclear power plants

State offering anti-radiation pills for those near nuke plants,  York Dispatch, EYANA ADAH MCMILLAN ,  08/07/2010 York County residents living near nuclear power plants can receive free potassium iodide tablets from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.  Potassium iodide helps protect the thyroid gland against the harmful effects of radioactive iodine that may be released during a radiological emergency.The tablets will be distributed Thursday, Aug. 12, at 12 locations around the state, the department said……… State offering anti-radiation pills for those near nuke plants – York Dispatch

August 9, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Long term cancer, brain damage, risks from overdose of radiation scanning

the radiation overdoses were larger and more common than previously known–involving about 400 patients at eight hospitals, including six in California. And experts believe that patients may face long-term risks of cancer and brain damage.

Brain Scan Radiation Overdoses More Widespread Than Previously Known, FAIR WARNING, By Elise Craig, August 2, 2010 Within the last few years, some patients across the country who underwent sophisticated brain scans to determine if they had suffered strokes began to experience odd symptoms, including a stripe of baldness running around the backs of their heads, memory loss and confusion.

Eventually, doctors discovered that the problem stemmed from accidental radiation overdoses from the analytical procedure itself, known as a CT brain perfusion scan.An investigation by The New York Times, however, has found that the radiation overdoses were larger and more common than previously known–involving about 400 patients at eight hospitals, including six in California. And experts believe that patients may face long-term risks of cancer and brain damage.

Brain Scan Radiation Overdoses More Widespread Than Previously Known | FairWar

August 7, 2010 Posted by | health, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Cancers will increase as young Hiroshima victims live on

Those exposed to A-bomb radiation in early adolescence or at a younger age have shown a higher rate of cancer than those exposed to the radiation as adults. Most of the survivors living now were adolescents or younger at the time of the blast. Many more cancer patients are expected to emerge — probably 70,000 to 80,000 new cases by 2040………

Disease and regret weigh on atomic-bomb survivors By NANAO KAMADA, M.D., chief director of the Hiroshima Atomic-bomb Survivors Relief Foundation. The Japan Times Aug. 6, 2010 “……Among the survivors, various types of malignant tumors developed over time because of their exposure to atomic radiation. The occurrence of leukemia started to increase three years after the bombing, thyroid gland cancer eight years after, breast and lung cancer 10 years after, and stomach and colon cancers 15 years after. Continue reading →

August 7, 2010 Posted by | health, Japan | , , , , , | Leave a comment

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