“IMAGINE THAT the Boston bombers didn’t pack nails into pressure cookers but instead packed highly radioactive material. How would the government be responding?” Continue reading
Category Archives: Radiation
Anti-nuke activists accuse EPA of weakening radiation disaster protection guidelines
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Good News: 94% of young Chernobyl thyroid cancer victims in total/near-total remission
“The study participants were among the highest-risk young patients exposed to radiation from the accident.” Continue reading
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Hanford Nuclear Tank Leaking Radioactive Waste
Fluorescent green Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s alarmed although there is no immediate haelth or envirnmental risk. Continue reading
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Nuclear test had no impact on China’s environment
North Korea’s third nuclear test on Tuesday had no negative impact on China’s environment, China’s environment watchdog said yesterday. Continue reading
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Medical Radiation Soars, With Risks Often Overlooked
Radiation, like alcohol, is a double-edged sword. It has indisputable medical advantages: Radiation can reveal hidden problems, from broken bones and lung lesions to heart defects and tumors. And it can be used to treat and sometimes cure certain cancers. Continue reading
Richard Muller: The Panic Over Fukushima
Japan’s nuclear accident was a great human tragedy, but its long-term health effects have been exaggerated—and the virtues of nuclear power remain. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear power, Radiation
Nuclear Energy Critic Loses Japan Election
A candidate who pushed an antinuclear agenda lost a closely watched race for governor in western Japan on Sunday, underscoring the challenges opponents of nuclear energy face in translating recent mass protests into votes. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, grid reliability, Nuclear power, Radiation
Tagged irrational fears
Computer Model Predicts Fewer Than 200 Deaths from Fukushima Radiation
“Radiation exposure from the Fukushima meltdowns is unlikely to result in many fatal cancer cases“
That’s in computer models. Are any likely in the real world? Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear power, Radiation
Scientists revise radiation dose estimates from high to safe
Scientists said high doses of radiation found in the thyroid glands of evacuees from areas near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were actually well within international safety limits. Continue reading
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Mobiles: the call on cancer
One year ago a line was drawn in the sand in the mobile phone debate. Continue reading
Is wireless technology doing you harm?
It’s the fear many of us have at the back of our minds: are our mobile phones and the other wireless technologies causing us harm? Continue reading
Injected proteins protect mice from radiation poisoning
Two drugs increase survival of mice even after radiation exposure. Continue reading
Junk Science Week: CT scans are the real risk, not plastics
The Institute of Medicine in the U.S. recently released its comprehensive review of environmental causes and risk factors for breast cancer. Continue reading
Posted in Bisphenol A (BPA), Cancer research, Chemophobia, Radiation
Tagged medical imaging, plastics
Brad Plumer: How hard is it to dismantle 150 nuclear reactors? Europe’s about to find out
Last year, after the tsunami and reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, many European nations decided to phase out their existing fleets of nuclear power plants. Germany and Belgium are aiming to end all atomic generation by 2030. Switzerland is shooting for 2035. Continue reading
Radiation and Nuclear Power
It’s an amazing irony that the only technology that could have any chance of cutting CO2 emissions from the generation of electricity 80% by 2050 is being ostracized by environmentalists. Continue reading
High leukemia rate noted among kids of 2 A-bomb survivors
What most people are likely to find surprising is that fewer than 100 kids out of 120,000 born in the 10 years following the bombing, with at least one parent being a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic blast, suffered from leukemia by the time they were 35. Continue reading
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Radioactive Tuna Won’t Kill You—but Should We Be Concerned About Mercury?
In a word, no. That isn’t the message Daniel Stone wants you to take away though: Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Mercury, Public health miscellany, Radiation
Tagged fisheries
Jeff McMahon: Should We Hide Low-Dose Radiation Exposures From The Public?
“When fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster began appearing last Spring in U.S. air, rainwater, drinking water, and milk, many U.S. media outlets ignored the story.“
As indeed they should have. Just because we can detect minute traces of radiation does not make it worth mentioning and given the hysterical misinformation to which the population has been subjected it’s probably better left unmentioned. Continue reading
Solar phobia: New Breed of Products Is Said to Offer Sun Protection, but Doubts Linger
Can a laundry detergent laced with sunscreen turn your clothes into protection from harmful ultraviolet rays? How about a shampoo that claims to do the same? Continue reading
B.C. parents with WiFi health fears vote to limit school networks
A group representing B.C. parents has voted in favour of two resolutions to limit WiFi technology in schools, reflecting the concerns of some parents that wired classrooms can pose health and safety risks to students. Continue reading
