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No justice for Marshall Islands’ nuclear victims?

“many resultant indignities they suffered, from the loss of their homes and livelihoods to the horrific effects of radiation poisoning.”

Is it the End of the Line for the Bikini Islanders? Law Blog – WSJ, By Ashby Jones 5 Apri; 2010, Well, it could be the end of the road for the indigenous people of the Marshall Islands, who sued the federal government years ago for damages sustained during the government’s nuclear tests on the islands during the 1940s and 1950s. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the plaintiffs’ appeal, letting stand a ruling from the Federal Circuit in 2009 approving the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ suit. Continue reading →

April 6, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, indigenous issues | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | 1 Comment

International Indigenous Gathering will focus on uranium mining

The gathering will focus on the environmental impacts of mining, proposed uranium dumping

Our Land Our Culture Our Sovereignty Indigenous Self-Determination Gathering Aboriginal News Group by: Ana , 5 April 2010, INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY GATHERING IN ALICE SPRINGS JULY 10, 11

Indigenous communities around the world are supporting the International
Indigneous Gathering in Australia, there will be 6 international
Indigenous leaders visiting Alice Spring during July 10, 11 with the
intention to solidarise with their brothers and sisters in Australia…… Continue reading →

April 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, indigenous issues | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

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

Uranium mining devastates indigenous communities

According to the EPA , “Approximately 30 percent of the Navajo population does not have access to a public drinking water system and may be using unregulated water sources with uranium contamination.” Uranium exposure is a known cause of cancers, organ damage, miscarriages and birth defects.

Resisting the Nuclear Boom: A new wave of uranium mining threatens Indigenous communities in the Southwest By Klee Benally and Jessica Lee April 2, 2010

GRAND CANYON, Ariz.—The American Southwest has again become ground zero in the debate about nuclear power. Continue reading →

April 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, water | Leave a comment

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

American Indian tribes may develop renewable energy

Report: Tribes key in renewable energy development, Google News, By FELICIA FONSECA (AP) – 24 March 2010, FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — American Indian tribes have huge potential to develop renewable energy resources on their lands but first must overcome a number of challenges, namely financial, according to a report released Tuesday. Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | indigenous, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Uranium mining companies flock like vultures to exploited Niger

Niger coup: Good for Tuareg rebels, bad for uranium investors, The Christian Science Monitor 23 March 2010, The military junta announced it will audit all uranium exploration permits awarded before last month’s Niger coup. Evidence has emerged that the permits enriched the ousted president and devastated the Tuareg population……, foreign investors from China, Australia, South Africa, America, and Canada have flocked to the landlocked Saharan state. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Niger | antinuclear, AREVA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, uranium | Leave a comment

Infant victims of depleted uranium weapons

VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN: Creative-i /23 March 2010, Warning – Horrific Images aution: The images presented here are so horrific that it had me in tears just dealing with the ‘technics’ of uploading them. As with the Gaza victims file, I have left them off the Home Page. If you wish to view them click on the Continue Reading link. And I urge folks to do something about this, how can we stand aside? It is after all, being done in OUR name….. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Afghanistan, depleted uranium | antinuclear, depleted, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

U.S. students’ program to help American Indian radiation victims

Students can hear more about the part-time internships at Northern Arizona University on March 29, the University of New Mexico in Gallup on March 30 and at Dine College in Shiprock, N.M., on March 31.

Program aims to find American Indian victims of radiation exposure. The Associated Press : 03/22/2010 Flagstaff, Ariz. » The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the help of students to identify American Indians who might be victims of radiation exposure. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Marshall Islanders fear return to nuclear radiation contaminated islands

RONGELAP ISLANDERS LOATH TO RETURN TO NUKED HOME PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT March 2, 2010 U.S. says radiation no longer a threat on Marshalls atollBy Giff Johnson MAJURO, Marshall Islands– Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing Marshallese Islanders to return home by next year.But Rongelap Islanders say they fear for their health if they return home to the necklace of coral islands that was exposed to the Marshall Islands equivalent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, OCEANIA | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Native Americans exploited for nuclear waste dumping

Nuclear Waste On Native American Reservations. | The Good Human. February 28th, 2010, Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive and otherwise hazardous waste as a result of living near nuclear test sites, uranium mines, power plants and toxic waste dumps. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

South Australians join British Class Action over Nuclear Waste

100 South Australians join class action against Britain for Maralinga-related deaths Adelaide Now, BRYAN LITTLELY INVESTIGATIONS EDITORFrom: The Advertiser March 01, 2010, SECRET records detailing the fate of dozens of babies born in the shadow of Maralinga’s nuclear testing hold the key to a case building as the state’s largest class action

More than 100 South Australians have joined a class action against the British Ministry of Defence over deaths and disabilities they believe were caused by nuclear testing at Maralinga more than 50 years ago. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Australian govt to impose nuclear waste dump on unwilling Territory

Nuclear waste dump should be ‘scrapped’
BigPond News February 23, 2010

Mr Sweeney ….. argued the government was still forcing a nuclear waste dump on a community that doesn’t want it.He says about 60 traditional owners have signed a petition opposing the development of the dump at Muckaty, some of whom Mr Ferguson claims volunteered the land.Mr Sweeney said a small group of traditional owners were paid $200,000 to volunteer their land, but that the government had refused to make the agreement public due to ‘commercial confidence and sensitivity’.’ Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Uranium mining continues to damage indigenous communities

Déline is known as the “village of widows’ because most of the men who worked as labourers in the mines have died of some form of cancer.

The impacts of uranium mining on indigenous communities.-Peace, Earth and Justice News Heather Tufts February 13, 2010 – “….. Uranium mining speculation lacks comprehensive health and safety regulations while the ethics of Canadian exported uranium, which can lead to depleted uranium used in zones of war, needs greater scrutiny. Continue reading →

February 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, indigenous issues | antinuclear, cancer, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste company subjected black workers to more radiation

EEOC: Black workers got more radiation MEMPHIS, Jan. 16 (UPI) — A Tennessee company that processes nuclear waste has agreed to settle federal claims black employees were subjected to higher levels of radiation than others.
The Studsvik Memphis Processing Facility, formerly known as Radiological Assistance Consulting and Engineering, or RACE, has signed a consent agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported.

The EEOC alleged the company assigned black employees to work with radioactive waste and manipulated dosimeters to show lower levels of radiation than the actual ones. Black employees were also paid less and subjected to other kinds of discrimination.

EEOC: Black workers got more radiation – UPI.com

January 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment