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Cancer danger in abdominal CT scans

Abdominal CT scans overused – U.S. study  By Julie Steenhuysen C HICAGO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, USA | , , , , | 1 Comment

Need to track X-rays, CT scans –

Radiation risks Experts urge tracking of X-rays, CT scans X-ray technology has been around for decades, but the issue of radiation has been heating up as new research considers the health risks Globe Life Cathy Weeks Nov. 13, 2009  Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by | 1, Canada, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia plans nuclear powered, manned, trips to Mars

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Oh those Russians!  Apparently they’re so keen to outdo everyone else in nuclear technology – they’re aiming to send men to Mars.  I guess, being patriotic Russians, those astronauts don’t mind that radiation in space will give them cancer, or even that scientists are agreed – it would be a one-way trip!

Russia goes all out to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-13   MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by | 1, Russia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is depleted uranium causing birth deformities?

Fallujah Horror: Depleted Uranium? Ya Libnan By Ghassan Karam, Beirut, 1 November, 2009
“…………………..we are concerned with much more sinister effects of war, effects that linger on and destroy life. Continue reading →

November 2, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Childhood cancers near nuclear plants linked to radioactive releases

NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE FOR FAMILIES – STRONTIUM-90 IN BABIES TEETH NEAR FLORIDA REACTORS Coober Pedy Regional Times, by David Bradbury,  28 Oct 09 A study on childhood cancer near nuclear power plants in Florida, U.S., was released in April. According to the study by the Radiation and Public Health Project, levels of fission product strontium-90 in the teeth of children living in southeast Florida had increased with 37% from 1986-1989 to 1994-1997.

The highest levels were found near the Turkey Point and St. Lucie reactors…………… The study was conducted by the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) and funded by the Health Foundation of South Florida. RHPH is an independent non-profit research organization, established by scientists and physicians to investigate the links between environmental radiation, cancer and public health.

T………………….. Concerns have been raised about reported increases in childhood cancer. RPHP studied data on radioactive releases from the plants, radioactivity concentrations in rain- and drinking water, cancer rates in the region and levels of strontium-90 in baby’s teeth in the region.

NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE FOR FAMILIES – STRONTIUM-90 IN BABIES TEETH NEAR FLORIDA REACTORS «

October 28, 2009 Posted by | 1, health, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Navajos anxiety over uranium mining

A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups
Mining planned at a mountain considered sacred

By Kari Lydersen

Washington Post
October 25, 2009

 

Indian people gathered in Acoma, N.M., for the Indigenous Uranium Forum over the weekend decried future uranium extraction, especially from nearby Mount Taylor, considered sacred by many tribes. Continue reading →

October 26, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

France making it hard for Polynesian nuclear victims

Nuclear payments blow to French Polynesia

By Geraldine Coutts for Radio Australia

ABC News  Oct 15, 2009

Activists fighting for victims of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are stunned by conditions imposed in a compensation bill by France’s upper house………….Roland Oldham, president of the Mororua e Tatou Association representing French Pacific nuclear test workers, told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the actions of the French Senate reflected arrogance in metropolitan France towards its territories. Continue reading →

October 16, 2009 Posted by | France, indigenous issues, OCEANIA | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Kyrgyzstan suffering from uranium tailings pollution

Kyrgyzstan makes progress on toxic dumps but needs to do much more – UN expert  Web Newswire October 12, 2009

Kyrgyzstan has made progress in addressing the significant problems of radioactive and toxic waste dumps and in raising international awareness of the serious trans-boundary threats of contamination of groundwater and rivers, but much more remains to be done, a United Nations expert reported today. Continue reading →

October 11, 2009 Posted by | 1, Kyrgyzstan, wastes | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Secrecy around nuclear energy’s connection with cancer

Risky Business  What CPS won’t tell you about nuclear power

Walking behind South Texas Project Unit 1 with STP Operating Company spokesperson Cathy Gann.

San Antonio Current, By Greg Harman, 30 Sept 09

“…………..Nuclear power grew up in darkness.

Just as the atomic-weapons program that preceded it, nuclear-power research was considered “classified at birth” by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. All information about the “the production of fissionable material, or the use of fissionable material in the production of power” was considered “restricted data.” That, of course, included candid discussions about the radiation risk posed by nuclear-power generation. Continue reading →

October 2, 2009 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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