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Navajo and other nuclear victims sought for compensation

Program Aims To Find Victims Of Radiation Exposure. cbs4denver.com, FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Apr 4, 2010, FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ― Some toiled in uranium mines, transported the extracted ore and carried it home on their clothes. Others participated in nuclear weapons testing or lived downwind from test sites.Not all have been compensated, let alone know about a federal program that does so. Continue reading →

April 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

Radioactive legacy continues to affect Navajo people

Toxic legacy for tribes, High Country News, Caitlin Sislin | Mar 26, 2010 Earlier this month, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals approved a controversial permit for uranium mining operations at sites in Church Rock, New Mexico. The operation includes a site associated with the largest release of liquid radioactive waste in United States History — a catastrophe which continues, a generation later, to negatively impact the lives and health of Navajo people residing near the spill site. Continue reading →

March 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA, water | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear plants, and their final closure, will leave large radioactive legacy

after 30 years of operation their could be as many as 100 billion lethal doses of radiation sitting right here in Allegany County.

From the Archives, 1989: Radiation Danger Deepens, The Houghton Star, By Kim Kerr and Trina Van Derlip March 27, 2010, This article, entitled “Running Risks: Radiation Danger Deepens,” was printed in the October 2, 1989 edition of the Star, and was written by Kim Kerr and Trina Van Derlip, “……..The problem had its beginning in 1985, when the Federal Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (introduced in 1980) was passed and amended. This policy shifted the responsibility of low-level waste from the federal to the state governments. Continue reading →

March 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, reactors | Leave a comment

Cancer increasing with increased use of medical radiation

“The problem is that there’s an increased cancer risk even from little amounts of radiation that we don’t feel,”

High-tech screening tests: Too much radiation? San Francisco News – abc7news.com March 25, 2010.

Carolyn Johnson

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Food and Drug Administration is launching a drive to reduce the levels of radiation being used on patients in U.S. hospitals. The agency will hold hearings in Washington next week, focusing on powerful new imaging technology. The devices can often spot disease early, but critics worry their popularity is leading to an overuse of radiation……. Continue reading →

March 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Earth Hour. Lights off 8.30pm – 9.30pm Sat 27 March

Earth Hour 2010: Respond to Climate Change through Energy Conservation, March 26, 2010 by Tracy Edenloft In this times of global climate change, we are called upon to act for energy conservation. This year 2010, various cities all over the world will be celebrating Earth Hour 2010 as we turn our lights off for 1 hour on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

Various countries will participate in this year’s Earth Hour 2010 dubbed to the the largest gathering of participants which aims to surpass last year’s Earth Hour. Continue reading →

March 26, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | cancer, energy efficiency | Leave a comment

UK’s nuclear arsenal completely dependent on USA

War With The Ghosts Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, George Monbiot, 26 March 2010, What are our nuclear weapons for, and who controls them?, “…….. Sharing our [UK’s] nuclear deterrence with France is out of the question. Last week the government slapped down a French offer to reduce the costs of our submarine patrols, by taking turns to prowl the same seas rather than duplicating the effort and occasionally crashing into each other. Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | cancer, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Increased radiation cancer risk for airline crews

if crew members and passengers already face largely unreported radiation risks from long-distance flying, we should have the right to know just how whole-body radiation scanning machines are part of this risk.

Flying and Excess Radiation, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Robert Alvarez: March 22, 2010 .….The recent reporting of dozens of cases of harm to patients from the misuse of CAT scans should serve as a cautionary warning.

Unfortunately, the doses of radiation experienced in every-day life, especially flying long-distances in jet aircraft, pose risks we should also carefully heed…..With the rise in altitude, atmospheric shielding decreases and radiation doses increase. Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, cancer, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Who guards the nuclear weapons lab guardians?

…the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) analysis which concluded that DOE needs more independent federal oversight, not less.

Mar 24, 2010The Problem with Providing Nuclear Weapons Labs with Relief from Federal Oversight, The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog, Peter Stockton and Ingrid Drake, 25 March 2010, George Lobsenz’s article in yesterday’s issue of The Energy Daily correctly pointed out that the Department of Energy’s decision to provide the contractors who run the nuclear weapons labs with major relief from federal oversight was done “Without any prior public review or comment.” Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Radiation effects: higher birth defects in Chernobyl area

Higher birth-defect rate seen in Chernobyl area NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Amy Norton Wed Mar 24, 2010 – Rates of certain birth defects appear higher than normal in one of the Ukraine regions most affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, according to a new study.The findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, stand in contrast to a 2005 U.N. report stating that there is no evidence of an increased risk of birth defects or other reproductive effects in areas contaminated by radiation from the Chernobyl accident. Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, Ukraine | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | 2 Comments

Film on fight of Native Americans against uranium mining

Uranium is NOT My Friend – Care2 News Network, 25 March 2010, This film is about a coalition of Native Americans from the Pine Ridge Reservation (South Dakota) and Environmentalists fighting the largest and most powerful Uranium Mining Company on the Planet. Uranium is Radioactive. …

Uranium is NOT My Friend – Care2 News Network

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Iraq’s babies pay the price of depleted uranium weapons

GENOCIDE BY DEPLETED URANIUM IN IRAQ Bruce Gagnon Monday, March 22, 2010 By Jalal Ghazi

Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy American and British bombardment. Continue reading →

March 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, Iraq | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

USA to provide nuclear power plants to Pakistan?

US amenable to providing Nuclear power plants to Pakistan Rupee News, March 21, 2010 There seems to be sea change in US attitudes towards Islamabad. According to press releases, analyst reports, Islamabad’s demands, and positive signals from US officials, Pakistan will ask for Atomic energy, and the US Administration seems to be amenable to providing Civilian Nuclear Power plants to Pakistan… Continue reading →

March 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, politics international | cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors, uranium | Leave a comment

South Korea can quickly build nuclear weapons

South Korea has its own history of nuclear weapons development.

S. Korea has ability to build nuke weapons quickly: defense report, YONHAP NEWS, By Hwang Doo-hyong, WASHINGTON, March 17 – A U.S. defense report has described South Korea and Japan as having the technology to build nuclear weapons quickly if they decide to do so.
“Several friends or Allies of the United States, such as Japan and South Korea, are highly advanced technological states and could quickly build nuclear devices if they chose to do so,” said the Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2010, released on Feb. 18 by the U.S. Joint Forces Command to forecast possible threats and opportunities for the U.S. military. Continue reading →

March 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | South Korea, weapons and war | cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Meticulous new research into depleted uranium and cancer

This study shows that both types of uranium may carry a health risk because they both affect DNA in ways that can lead to cancer.

Depleted and enriched uranium affect DNA in different ways. Environmental Health News, 16 March, 20201, Continue reading →

March 17, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, cancer, depleted, nuclear, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Nuclear Colonialism: Selling nukes to India, etc

It’s a sad thing, that with all their energy and intelligence, the “developing world”, the “Third World” seem intent on copying the “First” and “Second” worlds, no matter whether this is a good idea or not.

So – the “First” and “Second ” worlds – (Britain, Europe – USA, Canada, Australia) – found out how bad cigarettes, asbestos and nuclear power are. So – what do they do? Now sell them to the Third World.

Colonialism all over again!