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Patients endangered by poor regulation of medical radiation

Inadequate regulation puts patients at risk | The Platform | STLtoday, 5 March 2010, Seventy-six patients at a Springfield, Mo., health center received radiation overdoses while being treated for head and neck tumors. Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing birth defects in Iraq?

Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects, BBC News`4 March, John Simpson talks about the children with birth defects he saw in Fallujah Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Documenting nuclear effects on indigenous peoples

Children of Armageddon/May the Bomb Be With You spotlights nuclear bombing suvivors, Ten Thousand Things: 1 March 2010, –in Japan, the Marshall Islands, Tahiti & New ZealandVancouver-based film director Fabienne Lips-Dumas creates a cinematic portrait of the legacy of some of the world’s 2,000 nuclear bomb explosions–focusing on Japan, the Marshall Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand and the planet–in her 2009 documentary film Children of Armageddon/May the Bomb Be With You: Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

New way to assess radiation risk of causing cancer

EPR can be used to assess a person’s radiation exposure throughout life, which will provide data for other studies, such as radiation exposure’s influence on cancer risk.

Teeth Show Evidence of Radiation Exposure, Dental Blogs, March 3rd, 2010 Researchers at Howard University in Washington College of Dentistry believe that tooth enamel stores important data about a person’s exposure to radiation. Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Move to reduce dangerous radiation exposure of children

Doctors and manufacturers aim to decrease CT radiation exposure, especially for kids Facs Stocks By Fierc eHealthCare , 03/03/2010
The high-powered imaging technology of CT scans allows doctors to see into crevices of the body that cannot be viewed as well by other methods. But the radiation exposure from the CT scans also can increase the risk of cancer, especially for children. Continue reading →

March 4, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | 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

Local community’s political win against nuclear corporation

The NRC has never said no to the nuclear industry, and I feel that the NRC is corrupt and is in collusion with the industry, allowing aging nuclear power plants numerous license amendments and exemptions from safety testing over the years……

People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker 01 March, 2010 “…..”Last week’s vote against the relicensing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant near Brattleboro is considered historic because it has allowed the voices of Vermont people to be heard through their elected leaders who voted against allowing Vermont Yankee to continue past its expected lifetime of 2012. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | cancer, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Radiation safety standards decided on by nuclear industry

providing the oversight on themselves–policing their own industry just like the banking and financial industry did before their massive taxpayer bailout.

People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “…. Kathleen Krevetski – “In the United States, the NRC’s technical and safety regulations governing nuclear power plants are developed by the private nuclear industry using voluntary consensus standards. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing cancers in U.S. soldiers in Iraq

I believe in my heart that the cancer is a by-product of when my daughter was exposed to depleted Uranium in Iraq.”

Iraq: An Environmental Cesspool, THE HUFFINGTON POST, R. B. Stuart, 1 March 2010, While the war in Iraq winds down, the cases of soldiers being diagnosed with rare, aggressive forms of cancer post deployment heats up. Not only do soldiers have to contend with side stepping roadside bombs during their tour, but radiological dust from depleted Uranium, Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iraq, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Rise in breast cancer linked to nuclear radiation

susceptibility to radiation-induced cancer, with women facing a risk about 50 percent higher than men while the risk for children is several times higher.

People Power Trumps Corporate Power:R.I.P Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Counter Currents, Kathleen Krevetski Interviewed By Carolyn Baker01 March, 2010 “….Kathleen Krevetski …..As a registered nurse and after many years of working in the medical profession, I am acutely aware of the health and environmental dangers that make people sick. Myself a breast cancer survivor, I have watched over the years as the incidence of breast cancer continues to increase with nobody asking the right questions. One out of 13 women got breast cancer when I was first diagnosed in 1984. Today the incidence is one woman out of eight. What is that about?

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March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, reactor, uranium | Leave a comment

Medical radiation – useful, but also dangerous

The effects of ionizing radiation are cumulative, so all of those dental x-rays, chest x-rays, and CT scans add up

Radiation’s Double-Edged Sword ,Kerri Wachter, 1 March 2010, Ionizing radiation—useful for imaging and therapy—has undoubtedly been a boon to medicine. The ability to quickly and noninvasively peek inside the body has not only led to faster diagnoses, but more accurate ones. The ability to target cancerous tissue with a beam of radiation has improved therapeutic options for many cancer patients. However, it comes with a cost. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, 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

The hidden costs of nuclear power

We know about the ever-increasing costs of building a nuclear reactor. Everyone talks about these “central”, or middle costs. But what about the hidden costs at the “front end” and the “back” end of the nuclear fuel cycle? – our theme for March 2010

February 28, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, business and costs | antinuclear, cancer, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Not even money, but WATER might kill off the nuclear power industry

Water could the be issue that sinks this project, or it could be numerous other funding and safety issues related to nuclear power.

Water Issues Derailing Nuclear Power in Utah SpeakEasy by Tara Lohan , February 26, 2010 Nuclear power has been a hot topic these past few weeks with Vermont’s leaking reactor, Georgia’s plans for new ones (thanks to Obama), and the press’s blind approval of all things nuclear. ….

While there are lots of reasons that nuclear power is a bad idea, residents in Utah are particularly concerned about water. Waldholz writes: Continue reading →

February 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA, water | nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactor | Leave a comment