Tag Archives: health effects

2020 Olympics in light of Fukushima 311 via MENAFN

Posted on 2019/02/10 by nfield

[…] Now that the 2020 Olympics Games are headed to Tokyo and will feature baseball and softball to be played in Fukushima at the Azuma Stadium, how will visitors be kept safe? What’s the risk? Since health complications from radiation … Continue reading →

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Discrimination under the radioactive plume via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2019/01/31 by nfield

Potassium iodide distributed in Canada is denied Americans By Keith Gunter In the wake of the still ongoing March 2011 Fukushima disaster, governments in Europe and Canada began implementing more pro-active radiological disaster plans — including pre-distribution of potassium iodide … Continue reading →

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World’s Only Nuclear Plant in Rainforest: Indian Environmentalists Oppose Kaiga’s Expansion via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2019/01/22 by nfield

Courtesy: The News Minute Environmentalists in Karnataka’s Karwar are alarmed over the proposed expansion of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The power plant which has currently four units, was recently in the news after … Continue reading →

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Risks of Radioactivity: atomic radiation and its medical effects via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2019/01/15 by nfield

Dr. Richard Denton, MD, North American co-chair of IPPNW, (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War); Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Energy Alliance, editor of No Nukes News http://www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuke-news/; Dr. Gordon Edwards, PhD,Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Scientific Advisor for … Continue reading →

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Hidden danger: Radioactive dust is found in communities around nuclear weapons sites via LA Times

Posted on 2018/12/23 by nfield

By Ralph Vartabedian At the dawn of the nuclear age, the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration placed the nation’s major nuclear weapons production and research facilities in large, isolated reservations to shield them from foreign spies — and to protect the … Continue reading →

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Has Kazakhstan forgotten about its Polygon test survivors via PRI’s The World

Posted on 2018/12/21 by nfield

December 19, 2018 · 2:30 PM EST By Wudan Yan On a bright, bitterly cold day in early November, Aigul Suleimenova went home during her lunch break to check up on her daughter, Assee, who has a condition that weakens her … Continue reading →

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High iodine distribution, low intake among children after Fukushima nuclear accident via Healio

Posted on 2018/12/17 by nfield

[…] In Miharu, health care professionals distributed stable iodine to 3,134 households (94.9% distribution rate) after explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant caused by the 2011 earthquake in eastern Japan, along with instructions provided by the local government. Screening and … Continue reading →

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Ill Nuclear Workers’ Benefits Petitions Have to Be Reviewed in 6 Months. Some have been kept languishing for about a decade via ProPublica

Posted on 2018/12/01 by nfield

Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican Ten years ago, a security guard at Los Alamos National Laboratory submitted a petition to the federal government seeking compensation and benefits for his fellow lab workers who were sick with cancer and believed that radiation … Continue reading →

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Yes, I glow in the dark! via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2018/11/23 by nfield

By Karl Grossman […] “CLOSE ALL YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS AND STAY AWAY FROM THEM. STAY INSIDE AND DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOMES UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY,” begins the book’s introduction, referring to what people in the area were … Continue reading →

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Japan’s nuclear watchdog weighs giving children priority in distribution of iodine tablets via Japan Times

Posted on 2018/11/21 by nfield

Japan’s nuclear regulation body decided Wednesday to review the nation’s distribution system for iodine tablets against radiation exposure, with an eye on giving priority to children. Current rules say iodine tablets should be in principle distributed in advance to all … Continue reading →

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