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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

New British government likely to promote renewable energy

any attempts by Conservatives to prevent certain [renewable] technologies from being built via changes to the planning system or fiscal measures are likely to be picked up and prevented by the Lib Dems.

What Could the UK Election Results Mean for future Energy Policy? , The Energy Collective, by Vicky Portwain on 05/11/2010“……..if the Conservatives and the Lib Dems do manage somehow to overcome their differences – what would be the outcome for UK energy policy? Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear spin, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Israel claims that USA supports its silence on its nuclear weapons

Israel to keep nuclear ‘ambiguity’, Google hosted news, (AFP) – 12 May 2010, JERUSALEM — Israel will keep up its longstanding policy of deliberate ambiguity over its nuclear programme, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, adding that US support for the position remains unchanged. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Russia not transparent on its nuclear weapons

Russian Nuclear Weapons Account Falls Short » FAS Strategic Security Blog, By Hans M. Kristensen, 11 May 2010, A brochure handed out by the Russian government at the ongoing nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York appears to misrepresent the size of the Russian nuclear arsenal. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, plutonium | Leave a comment

China helping Pakistan to develop nuclear technology

China-Pakistan Nuclear Agreement Scrutinized in U.S.T, NTI: Global Security Newswire, May 11, 2010 The Obama administration indicated it was scrutinizing China’s intention to construct two new nuclear power reactors in Pakistan, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, April 29).Since China last built a pair of reactors at the Chashma site in Pakistan, Beijing has joined the Nuclear Suppliers Group, now a 46-nation export control regime that bars nuclear trade with countries that are not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring (see GSN, May 28, 2004)……
Pakistan is one of few nuclear-armed states that remain outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It is home to former nuclear proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan and remains a point of concern regarding the potential intersection of extremism and nuclear weapons. NTI: Global Security Newswire – China-Pakistan Nuclear Agreement Scrutinized in U.S.

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia to help Syria develop nuclear technology

Russia hints at Syrian nuclear plant aid, Scotsman.com News, 12 May 2010, RUSSIA may help build a nuclear power plant in Syria, president Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday, a step that could upset the West due to unresolved allegations Damascus tried to construct a potential nuclear weapons facility in secret.In 2007, Israel destroyed what Washington said was a nascent nuclear reactor in Syria and a UN investigation to determine what the target was has stalled due to a lack of co-operation from Syria.On the first Russian state visit to Syria since 1917, Mr Medvedev said: “Co-operation on atomic energy could get a second wind.” Russia hints at Syrian nuclear plant aid – Scotsman.com News

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, Syria | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Iran- progress towards nuclear weapons is delayed

“the nuclear clock is not ticking as quickly as some had feared.”

US official cites setbacks for Iran’s nuke program, Google hosted news, AP) – 12 May, 2010, WASHINGTON — Setbacks in Iran’s uranium enrichment program have significantly delayed its progress toward building a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama’s top nuclear adviser said Tuesday. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear weapons | 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

Germany’s politics turn against nuclear energy revival

German election casts doubt over nuclear u-turn, ENDS Europe,10 May 2010 The electoral losses endured by Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition parties in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday could jeopardise the federal government’s plan to revoke Germany’s nuclear phase-out, according to Deutsche Bank analysts.

ENDS Europe | German election casts doubt over nuclear u-turn

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear | Leave a comment

Nuclear risk expert warns on terrorist risk of Australia’s planned nuclear waste dump

Nuclear waste site a target for terrorists, expert warns, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH DARWIN May 11, 2010 A BRITISH nuclear risk expert has warned that terrorists could target radioactive waste being transported thousands of kilometres across Australia to a proposed waste dump in the Northern Territory. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, safety | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | 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

Nuclear capable missiles tested by Pakistan

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles, NTI: 10 May 2010, Pakistan on Saturday carried out a successful test launches of two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 12).The Ghaznavi missile has a range of 180 miles and the Shaheen 1 missile can travel as far as 400 miles, enabling it to strike New Delhi, the capital of Pakistan’s nuclear-armed rival India. Both missiles can be loaded with conventional and nuclear warheads.

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Time for Israel to come clean on its nuclear weapons

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said Israel has between 200 and 300 nuclear warheads.

‘Israel must stop nuclear tomfoolery’ PRESS TV, 11 May 2010 :A former worker at Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility says that Tel Aviv should abandon its policy of nuclear ambiguity and acknowledge what it is doing at the site. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, plutonium | Leave a comment

Finland’s 100,000-Year Plan to Banish Its Nuclear Waste

There are somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste already in the world, much of it in pools on the sites of nuclear power plants where the rods have to cool for years before they can be put into containers.