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American Cancer Society tried to discredit President’s Cancer Panel Report

The American Cancer Society has also been criticized for being influenced by members of its board who have financial interests in funding for screening and treatment – but not prevention. Indeed the Chronicle of Philanthropy famously once blasted the ACS as being “more interested in accumulating wealth than in saving lives”

Every Cancer Counts, Carl Pope: Memo to the American Cancer Society, THE HUFFINGTON POST, May 11, 2010, The ACS comment was widely and understandably reported as an attack on the scientific validity of the Cancer Panel’s findings. But in reality, the Cancer Panel never said that pollution is the major cause of cancer. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, cancer, radiation | Leave a comment

Natural gas as a transition and help to renewables

Natural gas complements renewables, Sustainable Business Oregon, by Bill Edmonds, May 11, 2010, Oregon stepped out in front of the pack when it announced it was going to obtain 20 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020. That is a challenging goal and I support it. I also believe natural gas will play an integral role in meeting these goals, providing a low-carbon solution that integrates with these renewable, intermittent resources. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

President’s Cancer Panel Report and environmental causes of breast cancer

our cancer institute has become very interested in environmental contributors to breast cancer.

the President’s Cancer Panel report is in general cautious and makes sensible policy recommendations. It also makes a number of (mostly) sensible recommendations for individual citizens. In general, it is cautious and highlights a neglected aspect of cancer research.

The President’s Cancer Panel steps into it : Respectful Insolence, 11 May 2010,“…….. the same time that mortality rates for childhood cancers have been plummeting dramatically, the incidence of childhood cancers has been steadily climbing. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

USA’s “blind eye” to weapons grade uranium for Israel’s nukes

UN member countries have long suspected that the United States either turns a blind eye or actively supports the transfer of know-how, weapons-grade uranium, and dual-use technology to Israel.

Declassified GAO Report Exposes Fatally Flawed Israel Investigations | The Seminal, 11 May 2010, “…….On May 6, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (formerly known as the General Accounting Office) released the previously secret 1978 report “Nuclear Diversion in the U.S.? 13 Years of Contradiction and Confusion” [.pdf]. It fills in important historic gaps about weapons-grade uranium diversions from the U.S. to Israel. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, enriched, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, plutonium, uranium | Leave a comment

Conventional uranium mining threatened by lack of milling facilities

Proposed Mt. Taylor uranium mine faces new obstacle « New Mexico Independent, By Marjorie Childress 10 May 2010,”…….There is only one mill in the United States that is currently operating–the White Mesa Mill in Utah, which has its own environmental problems.The lack of milling facilities makes the resumption of widespread conventional mining problematic. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, uranium | Leave a comment

General Atomics might not be able to restart uranium mill

“Since General Atomics acquired the Cotter Corporation in 2000, the company has had over a hundred violations of federal and state environmental laws,” Jantz told The Independent. “This demonstrates a pattern of willful disregard for environmental law, which is a real concern for the community.”

Proposed Mt. Taylor uranium mine faces new obstacle « New Mexico Independent, By Marjorie Childress 10 May 2010, A controversial plan to open an old uranium mine on Mt. Taylor, near Grants, New Mexico, is now facing a new obstacle. The Colorado legislature just passed a law forbidding an expansion or increase in operations at uranium mills until they clean up existing sites their operations have contaminated in the past. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

Younger patients more at risk from radiation caused cancer

Radiation Risks Nearly Double for Younger CT Scan Patients, Doctors should consider age when evaluating risks, study suggests. Bloomberg Business Week,May 3 (HealthDay News) –– Radiation risks associated with abdominal and pelvic CT scans are twice as high for younger patients as older patients, a new study finds.”Estimating the risks associated with ionizing radiation is complex,” study author Dr. James Koonce, of the Medical University of South Carolina, said in a news release. “Many variables such as patient size, age, and the region of the body being imaged all affect the total risk. Our study looked at how the overall risks associated with abdominal/pelvic CT scans depend on patient sex and age.”

Radiation Risks Nearly Double for Younger CT Scan Patients

May 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear technology, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Medical radiation increases breast cancer risk: President’s Cancer Panel

PCP:Medical radiation ups breast cancer risk, foofconsumer.org, 08/05/2010

The President’s CancerPanel released this week an annual report on the cancer risks from the environment warning that medical radiation raises breast cancer risk. Continue reading →

May 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, reactors | Leave a comment

Cancer from nuclear radiation: references in President’s Cancer Panel report

President’s Cancer Panel report, Frank Munger, 9 May 2010, Oak Ridge is mentioned at least three times in the President’s Cancer Panel report, “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk — What We Can Do Now.” I haven’t had a chance to read the report yet but a couple of folks have sent me copies. When I return to the office (been gone for a few days) and get my mailbox unclogged, I’ll post it here. There are references to earlier studies of nuclear fallout and iodine-131 exposures, including those in Oak Ridge, and also higher rates of multiple myeloma among construction workers at nuclear weapons sites.

President’s Cancer Panel report | Frank Munger’s Atomic City Underground | knoxnews.com

May 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Radioactive water reaches aquifer

Tainted nuke plant water reaches major NJ aquifer, Google hosted news, By WAYNE PARRY (AP) –9 May, 2010, LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Radioactive water that leaked from the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant has now reached a major underground aquifer that supplies drinking water to much of southern New Jersey, the state’s environmental chief said Friday.The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to halt the spread of contaminated water underground,……….. Continue reading →

May 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, water | antinuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors, water | Leave a comment

Cancer legacy for a uranium milling town

A town under siege from Cancer, – Salt Lake City, Utah Newsby: Brent Hunsaker MONTICELLO, Utah (ABC 4 News) 7 May 2010, – The Uranium mill was big for little Monticello. Still, not everyone worked there. So why would people who never set foot on mill property still get cancer? Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Why doesn’t the FDA listen to its own scientists on radiation exposure?

he “objected to exposing otherwise healthy patients to the cancer risks of radiation.”

FDA Scientist Terminated After Raising Risks of Radiation Exposure, Healthier Talk, By Dr. Joseph Mercola on 05/07/2010 “In this case, the Seattle Times reports that a (now former) FDA scientist was eliminated from his post after opposing the approval of a CT scanner for routine colon cancer screening and raising concerns about its health risks. Continue reading →

May 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | nuclear, radiation | Leave a comment

Cancer caused by ionising radiation and toxins “grossly underestimated”

President’s Cancer Panel claims cancers due to environmental toxins grossly underestimated – – TIME.com, President’s panel analyzes environmental cancer impact by Tiffany O’Callaghan 6 May 2010, “……what evidence there is suggests that the “true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated,” the authors write……In hospitals and doctor’s offices, the authors emphasize the need to minimize radiation exposure, Continue reading →

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear costs, radiation, reactors | 2 Comments

Obama to visit Australia: gets nuclear agreement first

Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress, NTI: Global Security Newswire May 6, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday submitted for congressional approval a deal that would permit Australia and the United States to trade in nonmilitary nuclear materials and technology (see GSN, March 19)………….the deal would enable “the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production………..The pending “123” agreement could only be canceled after it has been in force for 30 years, he said. The deal would take effect following 90 days of “continuous session” of Congress unless lawmakers move to block it within that period…………The United States is also moving ahead with a similar deal with Russia and is finalizing terms of its nuclear trade pact with India (see GSN, May 5; White House release, May 5).

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Australian-U.S. Nuclear Trade Deal Sent to Congress

May 7, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

U.S. Energy Secretary wants to add another $13 billion to the $54 billion nuclear loans!

Steve Chu Looks For $13 Billion For Nuclear Plant Loan Program Energy Secretary Steven Chu Seeks $13 Billion For Nuclear-Plant Loan Program Nuclear Power Industry News – Edited by Mark McFadden 7 May, 2010–According to a Dow Jones report, an additional $13 billion in loan-guarantee authority is needed if the U.S. Department of Energy is to award three more nuclear-power projects, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Speaking before a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Typically, about $100 million in government money can leverage around $1 billion in loan guarantees……. In the White House’s 2011 budget, the DOE asked for a total of $54 billion in loan-guarantee authority to move ahead several other nuclear-power projects.